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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
diction
stratagem
interrogative sentence
dialect
2. Rhetorical strategy that uses sensory details to portray a person - place - or thing
periodic sentence
repetition
description
sanction
3. The deliberate omission of conjunctions from a series of related independent clauses
ad hominem
anthropomorphism
asyndeton
dilettante
4. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
syntax
compelling
novel
flagrant
5. Quarrelsome; unruly
euphemism
fractious
rapport
conflagration
6. Responsive; agreeable
gratuitous
infinitive
amenable
benign
7. Hatefully evil; abominable
trivial
rapport
heinous
paradigm
8. Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
effusive
phenomenon
anastrophe
dogmatic
9. A form of logical argumentation that requires the use of examples
ample
inductive
logos
auspicious
10. Menacing; threatening
archetype
malapropism
ominous
emigrate
11. Enormous
red herring
prodigious
subordinate conjunction
candor
12. Conspicuously bad or offensive
enlightening
vindicated
whimsical
egregious
13. A verb ending in 'ing' that serves as a noun
obdurate
compelling
misconception
gerund
14. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
pun
assimilation
mediocrity
disparity
15. To regard or treat with contempt; to look down on
personification
alleviate
disdain
description
16. 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
thesis
prompt
lament
florid
17. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
dubious
rhetoric
diligent
surreptitiously
18. A noun or pronoun that uses a linking verb to unite - describe - or rename the noun in the subject of the sentence
sonorous
anthropomorphism
predicate nominative
transient
19. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
alliteration
aesthetic
syllogism
disingenuous
20. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
archaic
ostentatious
malfeasance
hypothetical
21. Hard-working
irony
capricious
narration
assiduous
22. The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive poetic lines - prose sentences - clauses - or paragraphs
humor
allusion
pugnacious
anaphora
23. The particular words an author uses in an essay
rhetorical shift
compound-complex sentence
sedentary
diction
24. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
rational
synthesis
lucid
rhetoric
25. This creates exaggeration by showing restraint; it is the opposite of hyperbole
incontrovertible
excerpt
understatement
imagery
26. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
frenetic
pejorative
bandwagon
fractious
27. Author - audience - purpose
tenacity
rhetorical triangle
syntax
simile
28. A combination of a compound and a complex sentence
compound-complex sentence
benevolent
parody
solvent
29. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; difference
disparity
ethos
fallacy
compare/contrast
30. Timid; fearful about the future
paramount
timorous
vilify
tone
31. Uncertainty; apprehension
rhetoric
trepidation
inconsequential
juxtaposition
32. A descriptive chronology of the stages in the development of a process
process analysis
fluid
disparage
implication
33. Extremely dull
emigrate
obsolete
ponderous
implication
34. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
facile
spontaneous
irony
brittle
35. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
stratagem
bandwagon
dilettante
tricolon
36. In the multiple-choice section - this is the question you are asked to complete with the given possible answers
obscure
cogent
stem
dubious
37. The study of the rules of grammar that define the formation of sentences
hypocrisy
parentheticals
apathetic
syntax
38. This clause contains a noun and a verb but is set up with a subordinate conjunction - which makes the clause an incomplete thought
dependent clause
hyperbole
appositive
frank
39. A question whose answer is assumed - this is designed to force the reader to respond in a predetermined manner and is a significant tool in the study of rhetoric
rhetorical question
rhetoric
tenacity
exemplification
40. A term that signifies a relational comparison of or similarity between two objects or ideas
context
analogy
realism
hyperbole
41. A story
narrative
mediocrity
alliteration
benevolent
42. Describing a category or artistic endeavor
pervasive
genre
disparage
ponderous
43. Having great depth or seriousness
equanimity
profound
panegyric
phrase
44. A question
parentheticals
sedentary
flagrant
interrogative sentence
45. Able to pay one's debts
solvent
omnipotent
plagiarism
syntax
46. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
declarative sentence
impression
wary
eclectic
47. Mutual hatred or ill-will
condemn
enmity
copious
asyndeton
48. A selected part of a passage or scene
obsolete
excerpt
arbitrary
anachronism
49. Freed from blame
ethos
vindicated
disparage
panegyric
50. To give special attention to something - to stress
rancorous
alleviate
emphasize
anthropomorphism