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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Calm
narrative
argumentation
apposition
serene
2. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
poisoning the well
vindicated
mediocrity
compelling
3. General agreement
surreptitiously
ornate
consensus
cause and effect
4. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
mural
despotic
allusion
absolutes
5. To calm or soothe
understatement
mollify
exemplification
replete
6. Intended to instruct
didactic
virtuoso
derived
innate
7. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
ingrate
discourse
mediocrity
periodic sentence
8. Condition of sticking together
biased
misconception
disparity
cohesive
9. Long - complex - grammatically correct sentence
alienated
parentheticals
red herring
period
10. Two words that together create a sense of opposition
affable
superficial
oxymoron
trepidation
11. Logically connected
alleviate
haughty
coherent
affable
12. Two events where one event brings about or caused the other; the first event is the cause - the second is the effect; it explains why something happens or is likely to happen
eclectic
malleable
narration
cause/effect
13. A basic statement or an assertion; the most common type of sentence
declarative sentence
pathos
antithesis
inevitable
14. A failure of logical reasoning
fallacy
convoluted
division/classification
inconsequential
15. To ease a pain or burden
alleviate
sonorous
truncated
patronizing
16. Convincing; reasonable
oxymoron
false analogy
phenomenon
cogent
17. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
brittle
oxymoron
eloquence
gesticulating
18. A minor figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole
synecdoche
independent clause
archaic
stoic
19. Appropriateness of behavior
propriety
replete
thesis
straw man
20. Intricate; complex
austere
connotation
convoluted
deleterious
21. A group organized by rank
hierarchy
caustic
theme
mediocrity
22. Clearness in thought or expression
metonymy
clarity
arbitrary
surreptitiously
23. Subdued; kept from being circulated
suppressed
dialect
indolent
toxic
24. Kind and gentle
benign
melancholy
genre
active voice
25. An appeal to reason; one of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle
contemporary
timorous
logos
chiasmus
26. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
innovative
imperious
medley
alliteration
27. An example or model
paradigm
frenetic
embellish
prosaic
28. To unite or synthesize a variety of sources to achieve a common end
discourse
synthesis
integrity
clarity
29. To make an itemized list of
realism
catalog
hyperbole
opulent
30. Made; concocted to deceive
sardonic
fabricated
ambiguity
dubious
31. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
trivial
heinous
parody
innovative
32. Short-lived or temporary
allusion
equivocate
paradox
transitory
33. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
medieval
subdue
slander
meticulous
34. Worn out through overuse; trite
permeated
hackneyed
incorrigible
anadiplosis
35. Well-meaning; generous
tricolon
benevolent
affable
copious
36. A wonderful technique of repetition in which the last word of the clause begins the next clause - creating a connection of ideas important to the author's purpose in some way
medieval
arbiter
imperative sentence
anadiplosis
37. Combative; belligerent
insipid
pugnacious
ambivalent
parody
38. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
dogged
effusive
narrative
rancorous
39. Sadness; depression
disdain
slander
jargon
melancholy
40. The presence of two or more possible meanings in any passage; not clear
inveterate
ambiguity
brittle
endure
41. Also called vox populi - this argument is the 'everyone's doing it' fallacy
discredit
bandwagon
catalog
consensus
42. A failure of logical reasoning
fallacy
cohesive
irony
novice
43. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
narrative
cause/effect
misconception
poisoning the well
44. No longer in use; old-fashioned
ingrate
paradox
arid
obsolete
45. An exaggeration - fairly common in nonfiction prose arguments - that bolsters an argument
lament
disparage
alienated
hyperbole
46. A major figure of speech in rhetorical analysis that seeks to create a mental discontinuity - which then forces the reader to pause and seek clarity
logos
appositive
tenacity
paradox
47. Stubbornly persevering
dogged
personification
facetious
elusive
48. Having a harmful effect; injurious
exclamatory sentence
haughty
process analysis
deleterious
49. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
narration
acquired
impinge
penitent
50. To give special attention to something - to stress
emotional words
euphemism
emphasize
absolutes