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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. A verbal (expressing action or a state of being) that is used as an adjective and most often ends in -ing or -ed
participle
polysyndeton
compound-complex sentence
notorious
2. A minor figure of speech in which a sound imitates the thing or action associated with it
rancorous
onomatopoeia
indolent
abstract
3. 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
lucid
incontrovertible
zeugma
apposition
4. To conceal or make indistinct
genre
synecdoche
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
obscure
5. Unplanned; naturally occurring
narration
cogent
spontaneous
euphemism
6. Substitution of an expression that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the receiver with an agreeable or less offensive expression or to make it less troublesome for the speaker
auspicious
euphemism
prodigious
exclamatory sentence
7. Awareness; insight
hyperbole
ponderous
metaphor
perception
8. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
conflagration
facile
pathos
apprehension
9. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
rhetoric
nocturnal
medley
ethos
10. Combative; belligerent
pugnacious
argumentation
subject
apostrophe
11. Causing great harm
laudatory
putrid
euphemism
pernicious
12. Favorable; promising
caustic
personification
auspicious
laudatory
13. Extreme ill-will or spite
vitality
harbinger
malice
tenacity
14. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
meticulous
antithesis
distractor
eloquence
15. A sentence structure that is a combination of a dependent clause and an independent clause
complex sentence
rhetoric
spurious
prosaic
16. A widespread fire
argumentation
disparage
poisoning the well
conflagration
17. Telling a story; a specific way of telling a story
pathos
narration
stratagem
cordial
18. Three dots that indicate words have been left out of a quotation; they also can be used to create suspense
gerund
phenomenon
fallacy
ellipsis
19. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
imperative sentence
gesticulating
inveterate
substantiated
20. An argument that distracts the reader by raising issues irrelevant to the case
red herring
syllogism
biased
premise
21. The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive poetic lines - prose sentences - clauses - or paragraphs
anaphora
profound
metonymy
embellish
22. Calm
plausible
reprehensible
period
serene
23. Introducing something new
wary
apprehension
pejorative
innovative
24. Lacking application or practical application
active voice
syllogism
theoretical
biased
25. An example or model
paradigm
malapropism
mundane
simple sentence
26. 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
objectivity
prosaic
cause and effect
quandary
27. A reference that recalls another work - another time in history - another famous person - and so forth
pun
trepidation
haughty
allusion
28. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
aesthetic
equivocate
cause and effect
exclamatory sentence
29. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
dilettante
cryptic
astute
eclectic
30. The manner in which a writer expresses his/her attitude toward the subject and audience; mainly expressed through diction - syntax - and POV
emphasize
malapropism
tone
syllogism
31. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
notorious
meticulous
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
benevolent
32. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
effusive
derived
emigrate
vitality
33. The opposite of connotation; quite literally the dictionary meaning of a word
denotation
jargon
thesis
loose sentence
34. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
oxymoron
paradox
hypothetical
objectivity
35. An argument stating that something is true because it has never been proven false
realism
apparatus
argument from ignorance
fallacy
36. Not caring one way or the other
parallelism
indifferent
compare/contrast
contemporary
37. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle; basically an appeal to credibility
ambiguous
ethos
profound
archetype
38. A minor figure of speech in which the name of one thing is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
anadiplosis
figurative language
proliferate
metonymy
39. Any time one of the five senses (visual - auditory - tactile - olfactory - gustatory) is evoked by what you have read - you have encountered this
naive
imagery
stoic
clandestine
40. Large in scope or content
solvent
simile
comprehensive
prudent
41. Uncertainty; apprehension
assertion
equivocate
trepidation
argumentation
42. The associations or moods that accompany a word
connotation
copious
apposition
innate
43. An appeal to emotion; one of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle
chiasmus
zeugma
pathos
context
44. Rotten
putrid
acquired
infinitive
astute
45. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
hierarchy
context
imperious
inductive
46. Unemotional; serious
naive
indifferent
staid
disdain
47. Equipment; a group of machines
metonymy
archaic
apparatus
vindicated
48. Disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh - bitter - or caustic
poisoning the well
sardonic
objectivity
malice
49. Showing by example
transient
figurative language
exemplification
disparage
50. Circumstances of a situation; environment
amenable
meticulous
context
exemplification