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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Introducing something new
insipid
false dilemma
innovative
apostrophe
2. Appeal based on emotion
paramount
etymology
pathos
red herring
3. The basic message or meaning conveyed through elements of character and conflict; appears often in literature and is paralleled in nonfiction prose by an argument's thesis
deductive
theme
dictatorial
chiasmus
4. Easily understood; clear
lucid
logos
abstract
substantiated
5. The use of language to suggest the opposite of the literal meaning or incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs
amenable
denotation
irony
perception
6. A question
interrogative sentence
hypocrisy
imagery
quandary
7. Producing a deep or full sound
sonorous
tricolon
parody
compound sentence
8. A specific tone or attitude a writer may use in an essay by attempting to be comedic or amusing
opulent
apprehension
humor
lucid
9. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
diligent
cogent
superficial
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
10. A feeling about the future
melancholy
denotation
premonition
interrogative sentence
11. The repetition of a phonetic sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence
straw man
torpor
toxic
alliteration
12. Unplanned; naturally occurring
spontaneous
ominous
lexicon
jargon
13. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
exculpate
fastidious
notorious
understatement
14. The ability to form or understand an idea
conception
infinitive
pervasive
disparage
15. Of little importance or significance
trivial
profound
flagrant
fluid
16. The deliberate omission of conjunctions from a series of related independent clauses
absolutes
tenacity
asyndeton
juxtaposition
17. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
disparage
understatement
loose sentence
clarity
18. A command
imperative sentence
despotic
tone
capricious
19. To grow or increase rapidly
impression
proliferate
trepidation
pun
20. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle; basically an appeal to credibility
malice
ethos
naive
timorous
21. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
rational
opulent
cause and effect
impede
22. Sincerity; openness
harbinger
ingrate
phrase
candor
23. Causing great harm
oxymoron
assertion
pernicious
impartial
24. The study of the origin of words and their historical uses
astute
context
cogent
etymology
25. Telling a story; a specific way of telling a story
parody
rhetoric
narration
declarative sentence
26. To consider perfect
loose sentence
idealize
diligent
candor
27. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
pathos
euphemism
inevitable
flagrant
28. A combination of a compound and a complex sentence
compound-complex sentence
embellish
eclectic
maverick
29. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
ethos
sanction
cogent
excerpt
30. Also called vox populi - this argument is the 'everyone's doing it' fallacy
bandwagon
participle
rhetorical question
realism
31. An adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject of the sentence
predicate adjective
implication
pugnacious
pathos
32. 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
antithesis
analogy
cause and effect
discredit
33. The act of making something useful again
imperative sentence
reclamation
tricolon
diligent
34. Uninteresting; unchallenging
pernicious
phrase
insipid
cohesive
35. A sentence structure made up of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction
compound sentence
indolent
parentheticals
alleviate
36. Author - audience - purpose
epanalepsis
jargon
rhetorical triangle
begging the question
37. A regional speech pattern; the way people talk in different parts of the world
arid
dialect
inconsequential
anadiplosis
38. Without decoration; strict
predicate nominative
chiasmus
ambiguous
austere
39. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
anaphora
irony
argument from ignorance
discourse
40. A grammar construction in which two identical syntactic constructions are used
imperative sentence
embellish
parallelism
anthropomorphism
41. An exaggeration - fairly common in nonfiction prose arguments - that bolsters an argument
hyperbole
dependent clause
ostentatious
condescending
42. Determined by impulse rather than reason
arbitrary
omnipotent
stem
dogmatic
43. Practical
pragmatic
ebullience
impartial
intrepid
44. To cause to be doubted
rapport
plagiarism
contemptuous
discredit
45. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
malapropism
mural
profound
distractor
46. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
deductive
clandestine
reclamation
parody
47. A noun or pronoun that uses a linking verb to unite - describe - or rename the noun in the subject of the sentence
predicate nominative
malleable
satire
compound-complex sentence
48. Giving human attributes to non-human things
personification
context
ellipsis
servile
49. Highly respected
infinitive
venerated
synecdoche
division/classification
50. The associations or moods that accompany a word
parentheticals
rhetoric
heinous
connotation