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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Difficult to comprehend
malleable
syllogism
cryptic
bandwagon
2. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
novice
impartial
hierarchy
narration
3. Commonplace; ordinary
impartial
vilify
hierarchy
mundane
4. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
fractious
transient
modest
metaphor
5. Any time one of the five senses (visual - auditory - tactile - olfactory - gustatory) is evoked by what you have read - you have encountered this
apostrophe
incorrigible
proximity
imagery
6. Insulting in manner or speech
enmity
dubious
false analogy
insolent
7. A verbal (expressing action or a state of being) that is used as an adjective and most often ends in -ing or -ed
period
gesticulating
personification
participle
8. Circumstances of a situation; environment
context
nocturnal
anastrophe
argumentation
9. Characterized by the telling of a story
subject
embellish
convoluted
narrative
10. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
metonymy
conception
innate
substantiated
11. The use of language to suggest the opposite of the literal meaning or incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs
mediocrity
irony
anadiplosis
euphemism
12. 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
benevolent
theme
wily
impinge
13. Rotten
etymology
emphasize
ad hominem
putrid
14. Appeal based on the character of the speaker
periodic sentence
ethos
servile
parallelism
15. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
figurative language
humor
frenetic
enlightening
16. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
rational
incorrigible
ominous
anaphora
17. A story
replete
phenomenon
absolutes
narrative
18. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
coup
ambivalent
pejorative
disparage
19. Anxiety or fear about the future
apprehension
conflagration
fastidious
proximity
20. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
compelling
subject
apathetic
poisoning the well
21. Well-meaning; generous
subordinate conjunction
transient
benevolent
cause/effect
22. Describing a large amount of something
impede
superficial
ample
diligent
23. Playfully humorous
absolutes
exclamatory sentence
wary
facetious
24. Exercising good judgment or common sense
prudent
description
infinitive
novel
25. Not genuine
spurious
frank
convoluted
insolent
26. On guard
alleviate
allusion
euphemism
wary
27. Having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure - weak
diligent
condescending
tenuous
opulent
28. Extreme ill-will or spite
stem
malice
omnipotent
catalog
29. In essay questions - this has two definitions: the correct one and the common one; the correct one is that this is the paragraph or language that defines the essay task (doesn't include the passage itself); the common definition of this is one you wi
prompt
stem
prosaic
deductive
30. A fixed or strong belief
figurative language
rapport
malapropism
conviction
31. To make an itemized list of
catalog
impression
implication
facile
32. To avoid making a definite statement
thesis
obstinate
equivocate
simile
33. A type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated
compound-complex sentence
replete
metonymy
arid
34. Possessed from birth; inborn
periodic sentence
innate
idealize
malapropism
35. Easy-going; friendly
affable
nocturnal
intrepid
syllogism
36. An argument that distracts the reader by raising issues irrelevant to the case
red herring
nocturnal
ebullience
copious
37. In the multiple-choice section - this is the question you are asked to complete with the given possible answers
hierarchy
loose sentence
stem
ingrate
38. Point of view
clandestine
perspective
surreptitiously
apology
39. Not straightforward; crafty
mundane
exculpate
effusive
disingenuous
40. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
sonorous
enmity
imperious
chiasmus
41. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle; basically an appeal to credibility
ambivalent
notorious
frenetic
ethos
42. 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
parallelism
predicate nominative
cause/effect
facetious
43. Wrongdoing - misconduct
astute
interrogative sentence
malfeasance
compare/contrast
44. To cause to be doubted
catalog
discredit
ethos
obscure
45. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
inevitable
parody
anthology
pugnacious
46. The moods/associations/implications of a word or phrase - as opposed to its exact meaning
connotation
apposition
description
thesis
47. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
medieval
division/classification
anthology
point of view
48. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
incontrovertible
trivial
distractor
hypothetical
49. Intended to instruct
didactic
disingenuous
apparatus
endure
50. A verb ending in 'ing' that serves as a noun
absolutes
gerund
fractious
active voice