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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Intense enthusiasm
condescending
stratagem
denotation
ebullience
2. Telling a story; a specific way of telling a story
narration
arid
toxic
comprehensive
3. Of chief concern or importance
paramount
false analogy
active voice
rapport
4. Subdued; kept from being circulated
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
suppressed
context
insipid
5. Elaborately decorated
hierarchy
pernicious
ornate
implication
6. 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
participle
thesis
predicate
theme
7. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
hypocrisy
paradigm
mediocrity
convoluted
8. Treating in a condescending manner
medieval
denotation
inductive
patronizing
9. An attack on the person rather than the issues at hand (a common fallacy)
elusive
ad hominem
predicate adjective
euphemism
10. Calm
futile
serene
allusion
anadiplosis
11. A regional speech pattern; the way people talk in different parts of the world
dialect
arbiter
futile
obstinate
12. A perfect example; an original pattern or model
archetype
decorous
repetition
humor
13. Plentiful; having a large quantity
panegyric
logos
copious
double-bind
14. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
misconception
anaphora
dependent clause
analogy
15. Making gestures while speaking
laudatory
sanction
gesticulating
nascent
16. Unemotional; serious
staid
simile
eloquence
replete
17. A form of deductive reasoning; a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
syllogism
assimilation
apposition
lucid
18. A crafty trick
ruse
futile
pernicious
deductive
19. A crucial figure of speech in an argument when what is unknown is compared to something that is known using the word 'like -' or 'as -' or 'than' in order to better perceive its importance
simile
parentheticals
apprehension
sanction
20. Conspicuously bad or offensive
egregious
arbitrary
alliance
insolent
21. Cunning
replete
wily
distractor
logos
22. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
heinous
predicate nominative
anastrophe
facile
23. The repetition of a phonetic sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence
exemplification
transient
alliteration
genre
24. Able to pay one's debts
periodic sentence
panegyric
paradox
solvent
25. Mutual hatred or ill-will
harbinger
enmity
euphemism
equanimity
26. Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
fallacy
mundane
assertion
dogmatic
27. Describing flowery or elaborate speech
florid
syllogism
phrase
subdue
28. Appeal based on emotion
metaphor
pathos
fabricated
parallelism
29. 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
object
cause and effect
biased
conception
30. An observation or claim that is in opposition to your claim or an author's claim
infinitive
antithesis
hyperbole
arid
31. Submissive; like a servant
stem
division/classification
anthology
servile
32. Stubbornly persevering
vilify
dogged
predicate nominative
hackneyed
33. A person or character is introduced with language that suggests that he is not at all reliable before the listener/reader knows anything about him
toxic
stratagem
independent clause
poisoning the well
34. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
futile
gratuitous
loose sentence
hypothetical
35. Intricate; complex
incumbent
convoluted
incorrigible
onomatopoeia
36. Favorable; promising
replete
auspicious
archetype
idealize
37. Feeling hatred; scornful
allusion
harbinger
non sequitur
contemptuous
38. Commendable; worthy of imitation
ponderous
dogged
elusive
exemplary
39. Rudely abrupt
nascent
brusque
eloquence
cordial
40. A question
anadiplosis
maverick
interrogative sentence
polysyndeton
41. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
insolent
rhetoric
apparatus
rhetorical question
42. 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
asyndeton
timorous
prompt
exclamatory sentence
43. A tremendously skilled artist
implication
virtuoso
medley
process analysis
44. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
disdain
stoic
premonition
gesticulating
45. The writer's statement of purpose; the focal intent of the essay
thesis
compare/contrast
venerated
toxic
46. Spread or flowing throughout
frenetic
florid
sardonic
permeated
47. The associations or moods that accompany a word
prodigious
emphasize
pathos
connotation
48. Not able to be denied or disputed
infinitive
incontrovertible
decorous
permeated
49. Intended to instruct
derived
narrative
propitious
didactic
50. Something out of place in time or sequence
medley
distractor
anachronism
ethos