STUDY TIPS

Miss. Hill said that from now on we should be focused on the AP Lit. test.

Which means we must study!This post ( and comments provided) will be dedicated to study tips, guides, or preparation advice. Thus I will begin with a list of words that may be used to describe the tone within a piece of prose or poetry, here it is:

[UPDATED LINK]

http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:5tNnFEYhypYJ:www.ecisd.us/211820827115824760/lib/211820827115824760/_files/Vocabulary_Words_that_Describe_TONE.doc+words+to+describe+tone+in+literature&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

A bit long but it is a google word document.

National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month, Forum. I figured that, considering the fact that we are working on poetry in class, that it would be appropriate to discuss poems. So, for the sake of National Poetry Month, why don't you either share your favorite poem or discuss a poem you feel is really significant in some way. Thanks for listening, Forum.

AP Vocab list blocks 1-4, 2010

Nebulous,
Nepotism,
Pragmatic,
Pragmatism,
Fabrication,
Fabricate,
Flamboyant,
Flamboyantly,
Implacable,
Inebriated,
Mendacious,
Deprecation,
Deprecate,
Discreetly,
Escalation,
Escalate,
Elicit,
Debilitate,
Decadence,
Decadent,
Decadently,
Demur,
Proliferate,
Prolific,
Temerity,
Urbane,
Nefarious,
Nuance,
Ostentatious,
Ostentatiously,
Paramount,
Enigma,
Enigmatic,
Enigmatically,
Incredulous,
Lampoon,
Conducive,
Connoisseur,
Clandestine,
Cliché,
Cognizant,
Compatibility,
Complacency,
Complacent,
Complacently,
Blasé,
Cacophony,
Callous,
Callously,
Capriciousness,
Capricious,
Capriciously,
Caustic,
Caustically,
Anomaly,
Antipathy,
Antithesis,
Augmentation,
Augment,
Benevolence,
Benevolently,
Acrimonious,
Acrimoniously,
Ambiguity,
Ambiguous,
Amicable,
Amicably,
Unscrupulous,
Retrospect,
Retrospectively,
Garrulous,
Impeccable,
Insatiable,
Morose,
Oscillating,
Propriety,
Alter ego,
Aversion,
Contrite,
Culmination,
Culminate,
Facade,
Fracas,
Equanimity,
Efficacy,
Expiation,
Ennui,
Languishing,
Malefic,
Incredulous,
Uncouth,
Reverence,
Defiantly,
Despotic,
Prostrate,
Senility,
Perfunctory,
Trifling,
Acrid,
Pungent,
Sallow,
Proverbial,
Rueful,
Furtive,
Abate,
Incessant,
Insidious,
Reticent,
Solace,
Lewd,
Surreptitious,
Parvenu,
Bereft,
Atrophy,
Heraldic,
Effusive,
Taciturn,
Munificent,
Macabre,
Sardonic,
Lugubrious,
Elegiac,
Laudatory,
Vituperative,
Facetious,
Jingoistic,
Idyllic,
Didactic,
Maudlin,
Guile,
Integration,
Subterfuge,
Segregate,
Poignant,
Called,
Evinced,
Ardor,
Paroxysm,
Intuitive,
Syndics,
Averred,
Panegyric,
Galling,
Vivacity,
Vacillate,
Gaiety,
Irksome,
Dilatoriness,
Salubrious,
Perambulations,
Ecstasy,
inextricable,
Extricate,
Allude,
incessant,
Polyandrous,
Provincial,
Malignity,
Decrepitude,
Postulate,
Prerequisite,
Metaphysical,
Metaphysics,
Anthology,
Brevity,
Calamity,
Candid,
Commendable,
Frivolity,
Infatuation,
Inquisition,
Melancholy,
Satire,
Scrutiny,
Capriciousness,
Crass,
Cumbersome,
Deceit,
Eloquence,
Emancipation,
Empathy,
Ramification,
Subsequent,
Vindictive,
Detriment,
Havoc,
Heinous,
Inhibition,
Laxity,
Livid,
Meticulous,
Perfidious,
Pugnacious,
Quandary,
Unconscionable,
Vehemently,
Monastic,
Erudition,
Reverie,
Ascendancy,
Pernicious,
Ruminating,
Paradoxical,
Idiosyncrasy,
Juxtaposed,
Sentient,
Vacillate,
Voluptuousness,
Incipient,
Ardor,
Pallid,
Countenance,
Solemnity,
Conjecture,
Arbiters,
Scion,
Vindication,Coup d' oeil,
Inauspicious,
Impediments,
Decimation,
Effusive,
Specious,
Preponderates,
Scruple,
Fastidious,
Libertine,
Intersperse,
Squalid,
Ignominy,
Unsullied,
Promontory,
Incommode,
Obdurate,
Purloin,
Verdure,
Timorous,
Prognosticate,
Ephemeral,
Negligently,
Commiserate,
Entice,
Assuager,
Disconsolate,
Allure,
Foliage,
Asylum,
Expostulate,
Disquisition,
Impotent,
Palpitate,
Pensive,
Sagacious,
Tumult,
Allegory,
Alliteration,
Anapestic,
Anecdote,
Archetype,
Asyndeton,
Ballad,
Blank verse,
Chiasmus,
Conceit,
Connotation,
Consonance,
Denouement,
Dialect,
Diction,
Extended Metaphor,
Free verse,
Iambic Pentameter,
In medias res
Irony, Situational,
Irony, Verbal,
Litote,
Lyric,
Meter,
Ode,
Omniscient point of view,
Paradox,
Refrain,
Rhetoric,
Speaker,
Narrator,
Style,
Syntax,
Allusion,
Ambivalence,
Anachronism,
Anaphora,
Antecedent,
Antithesis,
Aphorism,
Apostrophe,
Assonance,
Bildungsroman,
Cacophony,
Carpe Diem,
Catharsis.

Fordy Ford fertilizer!!

Hey guys, I just want to know if anyone has been noticing this, but has the absence of a religion or a God has made the citizens of the world state seem nihilistic towards death? I mean this really reminds me of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughter-House V repetition of "so it goes." He uses this phrase to show a characters death and the world state conditions the youth to treat death as a minor problem. So what do you guys think? I want to hear if you guys found any other connections in this book, if you guys do blog it please!

Word of the Week

Sorry so late guys! This week's word is:

Aposiopesis (pronounced like it sounds with a long e): a sudden break in speaking: a sudden break in speaking, giving the impression that the speaker does not want to or cannot continue.
For example, in the sentence: “On Tuesday morning I came in just as I always do, and I saw— I can’t go on”.

The Glass Menagerie: The Play

Hey guys! So I was perusing through today's AZ Republic, and guess what I discovered!

The Glass Menageries is playing downtown at the Herberger Theatre.

Alice, Esteban, Kim Misek (class of '09), and I are planning on going. You guys should come!

An AP-E Date!

There is a showing Thursday that will hold a Post-show discussion, which I think will be awesome. We would all be able to contribute, or at least, understand the discussion!

Thursday, @ 7:pm Herberger Theater

Tickets are 30$.

We should consider going as a class!

Click the link below for more info

http://aztheatreco.org/index.html?topbar.html&0

Must Reads!

As you continue your research for your senior paper, you may find literary criticism in books, articles, blogs, etc. that you feel are worth sharing. Please post the names of these works here so that your peers can get the same enlightenment and future AP students will have some direction.