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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. The act of making something useful again
reclamation
ambiguity
disdain
double-bind
2. Appeal based on logic or reason
hypothetical
logos
emigrate
nocturnal
3. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
reclamation
synecdoche
archaic
cryptic
4. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
pun
camaraderie
implication
parody
5. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
acquired
replete
conception
opulent
6. To avoid making a definite statement
spontaneous
equivocate
mediocrity
diligent
7. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle; basically an appeal to credibility
permeated
stem
premonition
ethos
8. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
slander
false analogy
conception
tenacity
9. This occurs when a person engaging in an argument defines his opponent's position when the opponent is not present and defines it in a manner that is easy to attack
aesthetic
ostentatious
malleable
straw man
10. Commendable; worthy of imitation
wily
proximity
exemplary
proliferate
11. Lazy
chiasmus
indolent
fallacy
fallacy
12. The ability to form or understand an idea
conception
novel
harbinger
reclamation
13. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
mediocrity
declarative sentence
dictatorial
abstract
14. To put up with; to survive a hardship
naive
tricolon
endure
anthology
15. Unimaginative; dull
egregious
anastrophe
figurative language
prosaic
16. Circumstances of a situation; environment
pathos
facetious
context
wily
17. Possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
logos
fastidious
rhetorical triangle
replete
18. The process of forming reasons - justifying beliefs - and drawing conclusions with the aim of influencing the thoughts and/or actions of others
reclamation
syntax
argumentation
florid
19. Producing a deep or full sound
frank
sonorous
phrase
dogmatic
20. A fundamental form of rhetorical stress that calls the reader's attention to a particular word - phrase - or image for emphasis of meaning
convoluted
narrative
repetition
sonorous
21. Enormous
penitent
embellish
prodigious
truncated
22. A type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated
metonymy
vitality
conviction
elusive
23. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
jargon
reclamation
listless
mediocrity
24. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
enlightening
allusion
notorious
benign
25. Equipment; a group of machines
theoretical
sedentary
rapport
apparatus
26. This literally means 'it does not follow'; this is an argument by misdirection and is logically irrelevant
non sequitur
apprehension
vitality
double-bind
27. Done by secretive means
begging the question
ruse
surreptitiously
deleterious
28. An argument stating that something is true because it has never been proven false
realism
inconsequential
comprehensive
argument from ignorance
29. Not caring one way or the other
indifferent
facile
hyperbole
parentheticals
30. Two words that together create a sense of opposition
predicate nominative
putrid
oxymoron
omnipotent
31. Logically connected
paramount
coherent
cause and effect
laudatory
32. Giving praise
benign
laudatory
pejorative
asylum
33. Conspicuously bad or offensive
emigrate
metonymy
futile
egregious
34. Extremely dull
ponderous
lexicon
paradox
description
35. Intended to instruct
dependent clause
compelling
didactic
maverick
36. Describing a dry - rainless climate
nascent
arid
superficial
facetious
37. The repetition of a phonetic sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence
alliteration
allusion
aphorism
stem
38. Feeling or showing little emotion
thesis
reprehensible
apathetic
realism
39. A sentence with three equally distinct and equally long parts
object
complex sentence
tricolon
personification
40. Describing a showy or pretentious display
ostentatious
phenomenon
dogged
enlightening
41. The manner in which a writer expresses his/her attitude toward the subject and audience; mainly expressed through diction - syntax - and POV
tone
virtuoso
apostrophe
double-bind
42. Rotten
ponderous
putrid
rhetoric
chiasmus
43. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
eclectic
etymology
simile
gratuitous
44. A minor figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole
compelling
synecdoche
pathos
mural
45. The formal statement of the meaning of a word or phrase
definition
genre
simple sentence
coherent
46. Spread or flowing throughout
repetition
permeated
euphemism
malapropism
47. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
interrogative sentence
hypothetical
process analysis
decorous
48. Statement of high praise
panegyric
loose sentence
mural
inveterate
49. A story
fallacy
apprehension
objectivity
narrative
50. The perspective from which the writer chooses to present his or her story (fiction) or essay (nonfiction)
point of view
spontaneous
cohesive
stoic