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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Something out of place in time or sequence
anachronism
facile
proliferate
integrity
2. The opposite of connotation; quite literally the dictionary meaning of a word
derived
compare/contrast
convoluted
denotation
3. Good will between friends
incorrigible
anthology
pugnacious
camaraderie
4. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
heinous
stratagem
conception
whimsical
5. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
hypocrisy
benevolent
rational
archetype
6. A declaration or statement
trivial
cause/effect
thesis
assertion
7. Freed from blame
metaphor
intrepid
chiasmus
vindicated
8. The particular words an author uses in an essay
inevitable
exclamatory sentence
caustic
diction
9. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
imperious
vindicated
transient
melancholy
10. Highly respected
venerated
frenetic
irony
meticulous
11. Energy; power to survive
vitality
deductive
argumentation
modest
12. Persistence
interrogative sentence
perception
mural
tenacity
13. Not migratory; settled
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
pugnacious
sedentary
period
14. 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
point of view
theme
inherent
infinitive
15. A fundamental form of rhetorical stress that calls the reader's attention to a particular word - phrase - or image for emphasis of meaning
rhetorical triangle
distractor
virtuoso
repetition
16. To give special attention to something - to stress
vitality
mediocrity
austere
emphasize
17. 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
metonymy
prompt
paradox
process analysis
18. Having no useful purpose; pointless
melancholy
dogmatic
futile
implication
19. To absorb; to make similar
assimilation
lexicon
fabricated
impede
20. Enormous
arid
figurative language
prodigious
proximity
21. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
slander
whimsical
torpor
consensus
22. Well-meaning; generous
astute
abstract
euphemism
benevolent
23. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
false dilemma
melancholy
enlightening
24. Hinder; interfere with
impinge
compelling
poisoning the well
division/classification
25. Extremely careful and precise
apparatus
distractor
meticulous
clarity
26. Rhetorical strategy that uses sensory details to portray a person - place - or thing
assertion
theoretical
ostentatious
description
27. Intense enthusiasm
periodic sentence
ebullience
disparity
venerated
28. An appeal to emotion; one of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle
distractor
pathos
clarity
logos
29. Prejudiced
rational
inveterate
infinitive
biased
30. A noun or pronoun that uses a linking verb to unite - describe - or rename the noun in the subject of the sentence
pervasive
predicate nominative
ethos
phrase
31. Short-lived or temporary
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
candor
parody
transitory
32. A relationship that individuals build
distractor
deleterious
rapport
compare/contrast
33. A sentence structure that is a combination of a dependent clause and an independent clause
apprehension
complex sentence
plausible
insolent
34. A figure of speech in which what is unknown is compared to something that is known in order to better gauge its importance
realism
metaphor
parody
pun
35. Inborn; built-in
inherent
synthesis
equivocate
melancholy
36. Lacking energy
incumbent
endure
listless
figurative language
37. Of or occurring in the night
sardonic
superfluous
emotional words
nocturnal
38. Closeness
proximity
novel
modest
assimilation
39. Also called vox populi - this argument is the 'everyone's doing it' fallacy
bandwagon
onomatopoeia
copious
laudatory
40. Not genuine
onomatopoeia
truncated
spurious
paramount
41. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
embellish
malleable
deductive
synecdoche
42. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
mollify
subject
equanimity
facetious
43. Easily flowing
fluid
decorous
propriety
embellish
44. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
stoic
argument from ignorance
obdurate
indifferent
45. Current - modern; from the same time
realism
insolent
contemporary
predicate adjective
46. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
fluid
ornate
apathetic
rhetoric
47. To cause to be doubted
incumbent
deductive
inconsequential
discredit
48. A descriptive chronology of the stages in the development of a process
pun
rhetorical triangle
contemporary
process analysis
49. The act of making something useful again
phrase
alliance
timorous
reclamation
50. Not applied to actual objects
timorous
abstract
analogy
narrative