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AP English Language And Composition Vocab

Subjects : english, ap
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1. Telling a story; a specific way of telling a story






2. Calm






3. Kind and gentle






4. Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious






5. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain






6. Trustworthiness; completeness






7. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own






8. Certain to happen - unavoidable






9. Insulting in manner or speech






10. A declaration or statement






11. Friendly; sincere






12. Relatively unknown






13. Rotten






14. Treating people as weak or inferior






15. Dispersed throughout






16. Unemotional; serious






17. A noun toward which thought - feeling - or action is directed






18. A brief statement of an opinion or elemental truth






19. An argument using an inappropriate metaphor






20. Something out of place in time or sequence






21. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased






22. To calm or soothe






23. This creates exaggeration by showing restraint; it is the opposite of hyperbole






24. This fallacy of argumentation argues that one thing inevitably leads to another






25. Appeal based on emotion






26. 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






27. Conspicuously bad or offensive






28. A conjunction that makes an independent clause into a dependent clause






29. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy






30. Unimaginative; dull






31. The art of using language effectively and persuasively






32. Describing a dry - rainless climate






33. A command






34. A specific tone or attitude a writer may use in an essay by attempting to be comedic or amusing






35. Unplanned; naturally occurring






36. An appeal to emotion; one of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle






37. A choice in which something must be one way or the other - there is no middle ground






38. Easily understood; clear






39. Abundantly supplied: filled to capacity






40. 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






41. Also known as loaded words - these can demonstrate a writer's intense feelings or emotions; they display an author's voice






42. 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






43. This literally means 'it does not follow'; this is an argument by misdirection and is logically irrelevant






44. The manner in which a writer expresses his/her attitude toward the subject and audience; mainly expressed through diction - syntax - and POV






45. Extra; unnecessary






46. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively






47. Like chiasmus - this figure repeats the opening word or phrase at the end of the sentence to emphasize a statement or idea - but it is not an ABBA reversal






48. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable






49. To unite or synthesize a variety of sources to achieve a common end






50. Awareness; insight