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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. A verb ending in 'ing' that serves as a noun
inductive
impression
gerund
independent clause
2. Hard-working
catalog
idealize
assiduous
emotional words
3. Telling a story; a specific way of telling a story
poisoning the well
substantiated
denotation
narration
4. A crafty trick
impinge
compound-complex sentence
simple sentence
ruse
5. A tremendously skilled artist
poignant
ample
virtuoso
compound sentence
6. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
sanction
equanimity
impression
heinous
7. Rotten
infinitive
dogmatic
appositive
putrid
8. Open to more than one interpretation
virtuoso
euphemism
compelling
ambiguous
9. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
anastrophe
haughty
flagrant
proximity
10. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
absolutes
ethos
obstinate
straw man
11. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
intuition
arid
decorous
ad hominem
12. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
active voice
superficial
begging the question
parody
13. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
despotic
anthology
exclamatory sentence
trivial
14. Unplanned; naturally occurring
simile
hyperbole
spontaneous
pejorative
15. This literally means 'it does not follow'; this is an argument by misdirection and is logically irrelevant
prompt
process analysis
non sequitur
absolutes
16. Rudely abrupt
brusque
mediocrity
synthesis
alienated
17. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole
thesis
assiduous
synecdoche
subdue
18. Of little importance or significance
syllogism
fastidious
trivial
obscure
19. Impulsive and unpredictable
frank
subordinate conjunction
metonymy
capricious
20. Unable to be reformed
incorrigible
metaphor
figurative language
derived
21. A minor device in which two or more elements in a sentence are tied together by the same verb or noun; these are especially acute if the noun or verb does not have the exact same meaning in both parts of the sentence
metonymy
sanction
insolent
zeugma
22. To give official authorization or approval
ruse
sanction
malapropism
exculpate
23. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
notorious
facetious
sanction
torpor
24. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
ambivalent
oxymoron
inconsequential
phrase
25. A term that signifies a relational comparison of or similarity between two objects or ideas
hypocrisy
logos
phrase
analogy
26. The deliberate omission of conjunctions from a series of related independent clauses
florid
coherent
quandary
asyndeton
27. The manner in which a writer expresses his/her attitude toward the subject and audience; mainly expressed through diction - syntax - and POV
tone
ambiguity
point of view
disdain
28. An independent clause; has a subject and a verb - and that's pretty much it
camaraderie
implication
predicate nominative
simple sentence
29. Author - audience - purpose
rhetorical triangle
vitality
spurious
opulent
30. Having a harmful effect; injurious
deleterious
simile
elusive
equanimity
31. Combative; belligerent
non sequitur
false dilemma
pugnacious
despotic
32. A failure of logical reasoning
fallacy
proximity
hierarchy
inductive
33. Extremely careful and precise
interrogative sentence
division/classification
insipid
meticulous
34. Plentiful; having a large quantity
ample
copious
proximity
process analysis
35. Responsive; agreeable
objectivity
synecdoche
amenable
wary
36. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
impression
wary
mundane
assimilation
37. Possessed from birth; inborn
decorous
insipid
innate
florid
38. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
false dilemma
harbinger
frank
excerpt
39. Dispersed throughout
pervasive
malleable
analogy
biased
40. No longer in use; old-fashioned
transitory
derived
obsolete
complex sentence
41. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
subordinate conjunction
pathos
simile
effusive
42. Three dots that indicate words have been left out of a quotation; they also can be used to create suspense
ellipsis
connotation
paradox
proximity
43. Appeal based on emotion
pathos
harbinger
archaic
pejorative
44. A statement using 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike objects
asylum
simile
capricious
serene
45. To avoid making a definite statement
thesis
equivocate
virtuoso
subordinate conjunction
46. Insulting in manner or speech
elusive
arbiter
insolent
assertion
47. Unemotional; serious
paradox
tricolon
asyndeton
staid
48. Any time one of the five senses (visual - auditory - tactile - olfactory - gustatory) is evoked by what you have read - you have encountered this
imagery
assiduous
harbinger
equivocate
49. Kind and gentle
fallacy
nascent
benign
gesticulating
50. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
pejorative
assertion
coherent
cordial