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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. The use of language to suggest the opposite of the literal meaning or incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs
irony
equanimity
aesthetic
passive voice
2. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
participle
compound-complex sentence
objectivity
apposition
3. Closeness
proximity
premise
implication
ambiguous
4. An ungrateful person
integrity
ingrate
penitent
apathetic
5. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
arbitrary
brusque
misconception
tone
6. Practical
impede
truncated
pragmatic
anachronism
7. A sentence with three equally distinct and equally long parts
mollify
effusive
tricolon
comprehensive
8. Rudely abrupt
ruse
brusque
paradox
prosaic
9. Author - audience - purpose
rhetorical triangle
fallacy
effusive
venerated
10. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
penitent
sanction
malleable
ingrate
11. A minor figure of speech in which a sound imitates the thing or action associated with it
onomatopoeia
inveterate
assertion
condemn
12. Also known as an either/or fallacy; the suggestion is made in the argument that the problem or debate only has two solutions; can also be called the fallacy of the excluded middle
pun
apposition
rapport
false dilemma
13. A declaration or statement
pugnacious
austere
assertion
suppressed
14. Playfully humorous
omnipotent
facetious
predicate adjective
onomatopoeia
15. A minor figure of speech in which the name of one thing is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
deductive
cryptic
trivial
metonymy
16. An argument that distracts the reader by raising issues irrelevant to the case
red herring
fastidious
plausible
deductive
17. An independent clause; has a subject and a verb - and that's pretty much it
objectivity
rhetoric
simple sentence
venerated
18. A minor figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole
fallacy
conception
rhetorical triangle
synecdoche
19. Persistence
tenacity
lexicon
equanimity
mundane
20. A conjunction that makes an independent clause into a dependent clause
mural
subordinate conjunction
paramount
prudent
21. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
biased
plausible
eclectic
consensus
22. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
obscure
archaic
pun
ornate
23. Difficult to comprehend
heinous
cryptic
omnipotent
realism
24. Anxiety or fear about the future
distractor
apprehension
spontaneous
rhetorical question
25. Dividing a subject into categories and analyzing the characteristics of each category
irony
hierarchy
division/classification
frenetic
26. A verb ending in 'ing' that serves as a noun
equanimity
gerund
proximity
argumentation
27. Unemotional; serious
ethos
connotation
camaraderie
staid
28. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
pathos
juxtaposition
argument from ignorance
discourse
29. Phrases - sentences - and words inside parentheses ( )
integrity
mollify
parentheticals
equanimity
30. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
nocturnal
tenacity
modest
patronizing
31. Appeal based on logic or reason
logos
aesthetic
aphorism
pejorative
32. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
assiduous
surreptitiously
lucid
gratuitous
33. Profoundly moving; touching
enmity
gerund
poignant
premonition
34. Characterized by the telling of a story
austere
object
narrative
discourse
35. Current - modern; from the same time
contemporary
diction
point of view
endure
36. A specific tone or attitude a writer may use in an essay by attempting to be comedic or amusing
connotation
didactic
humor
synecdoche
37. To consider perfect
fabricated
idealize
brittle
venerated
38. Lacking sophistication
jargon
process analysis
distractor
naive
39. Point of view
stoic
perspective
arbitrary
benevolent
40. To calm or soothe
coup
logos
mollify
bandwagon
41. Dispersed throughout
eloquence
inherent
apprehension
pervasive
42. Any time one of the five senses (visual - auditory - tactile - olfactory - gustatory) is evoked by what you have read - you have encountered this
imagery
perspective
logos
prosaic
43. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole
archaic
facile
didactic
synecdoche
44. Good will between friends
logos
novice
camaraderie
rhetorical triangle
45. Another fallacy - this is also known as post hoc ergo propter hoc (Latin for 'after this - therefore because of this') - and it falls under the general umbrella of a causality fallacy or false cause
pathos
euphemism
derived
cause and effect
46. The presence of two or more possible meanings in any passage; not clear
synthesis
period
ambiguity
mural
47. To give official authorization or approval
epanalepsis
didactic
epistrophe
sanction
48. Combative; belligerent
compare/contrast
obdurate
pugnacious
straw man
49. Easy-going; friendly
eloquence
staid
affable
periodic sentence
50. To slow the progress of
superfluous
impede
personification
denotation