Agenda BW Review vocabulary words Review Homework Assignment

Agenda BW: Review vocabulary words Review Homework Assignment AP Common Assessment – Pre-Test (Multiple Choice and Argument Section) Homework: Finish reading The Grapes of Wrath if you have not already done so by Friday 9/5 Study for Vocabulary Quiz

Affirmation – positive assertion; confirmation Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class

Affable – Easily approachable; warmly friendly Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class

Alleviate – Relieve Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class

Aesthetic – artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class

Altruistic – unselfishly generous; concerned for others Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class

Analogous – comparable Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class

Ambivalence – the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class

Ambiguous – unclear or doubtful in meaning Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class

Advocate – urge; plead for Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class

Aloof – apart; reserved Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class

Allegory – A work that functions on a symbolic level. Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class

Alliteration – Beginning consecutive words with like sounds. Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class

Allusion – Reference to a famous person, place, or thing. Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class

Ambiguity – Uncertain or inexactness of language or meaning Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class

Anaphora – Type of repetition; same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses or sentences. Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class