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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. No longer in use; old-fashioned
catalog
apostrophe
comprehensive
obsolete
2. The writer's statement of purpose; the focal intent of the essay
profound
thesis
decorous
sanction
3. To avoid making a definite statement
asyndeton
personification
equivocate
insipid
4. A play on words; in an argument - this usually calls humorous attention to a particular point
affable
effusive
obscure
pun
5. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
paradigm
equanimity
wary
torpor
6. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
denotation
rational
apposition
epanalepsis
7. A perfect example; an original pattern or model
syntax
red herring
proliferate
archetype
8. An exaggeration - fairly common in nonfiction prose arguments - that bolsters an argument
abstract
hyperbole
sanction
asylum
9. A term that signifies a relational comparison of or similarity between two objects or ideas
insolent
understatement
analogy
dilettante
10. A statement using 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike objects
impede
diction
pragmatic
simile
11. Intense enthusiasm
theme
hackneyed
ebullience
melancholy
12. This argument occurs when the speaker states a claim that includes a word or phrase that needs to be defined before the argument can proceed
metonymy
begging the question
syntax
consensus
13. A noun toward which thought - feeling - or action is directed
object
naive
trivial
phrase
14. Highly respected
parody
inconsequential
arbitrary
venerated
15. Hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will
ostentatious
coherent
rancorous
syllogism
16. Extreme ill-will or spite
ruse
incontrovertible
derived
malice
17. Secretive
replete
clandestine
independent clause
dubious
18. A verbal (expressing action or a state of being) that is used as an adjective and most often ends in -ing or -ed
implication
slander
participle
inveterate
19. A pattern of speech and vocabulary associated with a particular group of people
exemplary
venerated
jargon
fluid
20. An attack on the person rather than the issues at hand (a common fallacy)
repetition
intuition
omnipotent
ad hominem
21. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
apposition
mural
fluid
fallacy
22. 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
rhetorical question
pugnacious
zeugma
virtuoso
23. Responsive; agreeable
elusive
syllogism
amenable
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
24. Two words that create a sense of opposition; a figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side-by-side
pervasive
oxymoron
analogy
rhetoric
25. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
discourse
gerund
contemporary
exclamatory sentence
26. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
paradigm
genre
obstinate
novice
27. Good will between friends
false dilemma
idealize
apprehension
camaraderie
28. To free from guilt or blame
straw man
exculpate
superfluous
gerund
29. Copied or adapted from a source
derived
cordial
incontrovertible
passive voice
30. Made; concocted to deceive
fabricated
paramount
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
propriety
31. A failure of logical reasoning
consensus
coherent
fallacy
indolent
32. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
medley
inveterate
absolutes
sonorous
33. Unable to be reformed
flagrant
analogy
incorrigible
indolent
34. Mutual hatred or ill-will
tricolon
rhetorical shift
dependent clause
enmity
35. Closeness
proximity
vitality
hyperbole
pathos
36. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
penitent
replete
lament
toxic
37. Treating people as weak or inferior
condescending
disingenuous
interrogative sentence
passive voice
38. To give special attention to something - to stress
whimsical
emphasize
oxymoron
archetype
39. Making one idea more dramatic by placing it next to its opposite
vilify
passive voice
gesticulating
juxtaposition
40. Express grief for; mourn
plagiarism
lament
quandary
fractious
41. Large in scope or content
comprehensive
syntax
pathos
aesthetic
42. Clearness in thought or expression
impartial
clarity
allusion
rhetoric
43. Any time one of the five senses (visual - auditory - tactile - olfactory - gustatory) is evoked by what you have read - you have encountered this
imagery
prompt
exemplification
mollify
44. Uncertainty; apprehension
assertion
trepidation
independent clause
metonymy
45. Lacking energy
listless
exculpate
facile
imagery
46. An inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
irony
mural
prosaic
chiasmus
47. A sentence with three equally distinct and equally long parts
tricolon
suppressed
loose sentence
metonymy
48. Sadness; depression
anachronism
pragmatic
melancholy
impartial
49. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
false analogy
idealize
anthropomorphism
novel
50. An argument that distracts the reader by raising issues irrelevant to the case
red herring
false dilemma
etymology
facetious