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AP English Language And Composition Vocab

Subjects : english, ap
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1. Feeling or showing little emotion






2. Treating people as weak or inferior






3. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance






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






5. A sentence with several dependent clauses that precede the independent clause






6. Certain to happen - unavoidable






7. To put up with; to survive a hardship






8. This is an ABBA syntactical structure rather than the more common parallel ABAB structure






9. The study of the origin of words and their historical uses






10. An appeal to reason; one of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle






11. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle; basically an appeal to credibility






12. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner






13. A pattern of speech or language that creates a rhythm of repetition often combined with some other language of repetition






14. Commendable; worthy of imitation






15. Circumstances of a situation; environment






16. Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious






17. Unemotional; serious






18. To avoid making a definite statement






19. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy






20. To use a safer or nicer word for something others find inappropriate or unappealing






21. A beginner






22. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive






23. Shortened; cut off






24. Stubbornly persevering






25. Appropriateness of behavior






26. All-powerful






27. Extremely dull






28. Relatively unknown






29. A pattern of speech and vocabulary associated with a particular group of people






30. A figure of speech in which what is unknown is compared to something that is known in order to better gauge its importance






31. A term that signifies a relational comparison of or similarity between two objects or ideas






32. An exaggeration - fairly common in nonfiction prose arguments - that bolsters an argument






33. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing






34. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation






35. Lazy






36. Telling a story; a specific way of telling a story






37. Possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please






38. Lacking application or practical application






39. To ease a pain or burden






40. A major figure of speech in rhetorical analysis that seeks to create a mental discontinuity - which then forces the reader to pause and seek clarity






41. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country






42. Laziness; inactivity; dullness






43. To regard or treat with contempt; to look down on






44. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned






45. Appeal based on the character of the speaker






46. A statement or a proposition that seems senseless or self-contradictory - but in reality - it may be true






47. Kind and gentle






48. Point of view






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






50. Two words that create a sense of opposition; a figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side-by-side