AP Running notes (80-82)

Question 1

Eulogy

Answer 1

To praise someone or something. A laudatory expression in speech, or a written tribute to a person decreased recently. We can say it is a commendation or high praise intended to give honor to a dead loved one.

Question 2

Dialect

Answer 2

The language used by the people of a specific area, class, district, etc. It involves the spelling, sounds, grammar, and pronunciation that distinguishes someone.

Question 3

Hubris

Answer 3

Extreme pride and arrogance shown by a character that ultimately brings about his downfall. It serves to achieve a moralistic end. Such characters are eventually punished thus giving a moral lesson to the audience and readers so that they are motivated to improve their characters by removing the flaws.