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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. The reversal of the natural order of words in a sentence or line of poetry
disparage
equanimity
anastrophe
nocturnal
2. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
discourse
impression
misconception
replete
3. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
ruse
imperious
cause/effect
obdurate
4. Extremely careful and precise
euphemism
argument from ignorance
satire
meticulous
5. Enormous
parody
prodigious
synthesis
rhetoric
6. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
reclamation
argumentation
predicate adjective
frank
7. Uninteresting; unchallenging
insipid
proliferate
anachronism
malice
8. Wrongdoing - misconduct
exemplification
malapropism
malfeasance
implication
9. Insulting in manner or speech
equanimity
insolent
amenable
etymology
10. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
prosaic
juxtaposition
maverick
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
11. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
assiduous
despotic
disingenuous
distractor
12. Telling a story; a specific way of telling a story
decorous
narration
cause and effect
staid
13. A question
mundane
distractor
interrogative sentence
gerund
14. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole
insipid
synecdoche
emphasize
emigrate
15. To slow the progress of
impede
emotional words
exculpate
inveterate
16. Convincing; reasonable
tenuous
passive voice
cogent
alliance
17. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; difference
biased
fallacy
ominous
disparity
18. Disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh - bitter - or caustic
fallacy
anadiplosis
sardonic
cordial
19. A wonderful form of word play in which one word is mistakenly substituted for another that sounds similar
malapropism
imagery
pragmatic
syntax
20. Showing by example
exemplification
indifferent
convoluted
candor
21. Courageous; fearless
intrepid
transient
auspicious
hierarchy
22. This occurs when the author of an essay significantly alters his or her diction - syntax - or both
active voice
despotic
chiasmus
rhetorical shift
23. Energy; power to survive
malapropism
quandary
vitality
simile
24. A word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary
lexicon
idealize
ambivalent
ornate
25. Hinder; interfere with
impinge
modest
denotation
lucid
26. A term that signifies a relational comparison of or similarity between two objects or ideas
haughty
capricious
double-bind
analogy
27. A conjunction that makes an independent clause into a dependent clause
distractor
subordinate conjunction
plagiarism
false analogy
28. Making one idea more dramatic by placing it next to its opposite
condescending
rhetorical shift
meticulous
juxtaposition
29. This occurs when a person engaging in an argument defines his opponent's position when the opponent is not present and defines it in a manner that is easy to attack
medley
syntax
etymology
straw man
30. Friendly; sincere
implication
cordial
patronizing
frenetic
31. An argument that distracts the reader by raising issues irrelevant to the case
apprehension
malice
red herring
process analysis
32. A union of two or more groups
pathos
ethos
alliance
ample
33. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
imperative sentence
anachronism
affable
apposition
34. A fixed or strong belief
appositive
conviction
metaphor
declarative sentence
35. The opposite of connotation; quite literally the dictionary meaning of a word
despotic
inherent
incumbent
denotation
36. Dividing a subject into categories and analyzing the characteristics of each category
division/classification
sanction
metonymy
syntax
37. A tremendously skilled artist
conflagration
permeated
virtuoso
active voice
38. A fundamental form of rhetorical stress that calls the reader's attention to a particular word - phrase - or image for emphasis of meaning
repetition
deleterious
torpor
subdue
39. An independent clause; has a subject and a verb - and that's pretty much it
simple sentence
conception
truncated
oxymoron
40. A play on words; in an argument - this usually calls humorous attention to a particular point
pun
malfeasance
declarative sentence
emphasize
41. Lacking sophistication
naive
contemporary
contemptuous
obstinate
42. 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
predicate nominative
cause and effect
definition
inevitable
43. Highly respected
premise
innate
venerated
apprehension
44. A statement using 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike objects
ethos
simile
integrity
prosaic
45. A situation of conflict from which there is no escape; an irresolvable dilemma
truncated
propitious
double-bind
trivial
46. Appeal based on the character of the speaker
interrogative sentence
eclectic
ethos
archetype
47. Without decoration; strict
inherent
figurative language
alleviate
austere
48. An inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
conviction
chiasmus
profound
participle
49. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
personification
alienated
assertion
condescending
50. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
narrative
epanalepsis
elusive
flagrant