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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Rotten
point of view
facetious
rhetorical triangle
putrid
2. Rhetorical strategy that uses sensory details to portray a person - place - or thing
description
allusion
participle
copious
3. A word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary
subordinate conjunction
ellipsis
compound-complex sentence
lexicon
4. A specific tone or attitude a writer may use in an essay by attempting to be comedic or amusing
pathos
humor
ethos
coherent
5. A minor figure of speech in which a sound imitates the thing or action associated with it
onomatopoeia
medley
interrogative sentence
pejorative
6. A wonderful technique of repetition in which the last word of the clause begins the next clause - creating a connection of ideas important to the author's purpose in some way
facetious
anadiplosis
insipid
catalog
7. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
logos
imperious
whimsical
cryptic
8. A grouping of words that define or clarity; a group of words that is not a sentence because there is no verb
phrase
candor
inherent
heinous
9. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
predicate
surreptitiously
endure
dubious
10. A question whose answer is assumed - this is designed to force the reader to respond in a predetermined manner and is a significant tool in the study of rhetoric
anastrophe
ellipsis
rhetorical question
euphemism
11. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
impinge
discourse
amenable
predicate adjective
12. The study of the effective use of language; the art of using language effectively and persuasively
gerund
rhetoric
repetition
abstract
13. Responsive; agreeable
disparage
predicate nominative
amenable
integrity
14. Making one idea more dramatic by placing it next to its opposite
euphemism
fallacy
juxtaposition
active voice
15. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
bandwagon
process analysis
aesthetic
oxymoron
16. A form of deductive reasoning; a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
syllogism
apposition
cause and effect
allusion
17. Prejudiced
theme
idealize
biased
incumbent
18. Stubbornly persevering
novice
slander
dogged
haughty
19. Describing a showy or pretentious display
stem
putrid
ostentatious
figurative language
20. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
fallacy
mural
theoretical
emigrate
21. Submissive; like a servant
copious
melancholy
biased
servile
22. Coming into existence; emerging
naive
tone
irony
nascent
23. Appeal based on emotion
rhetorical triangle
obstinate
staid
pathos
24. To ease a pain or burden
dogmatic
modest
reclamation
alleviate
25. Of little importance or significance
trivial
ruse
medley
description
26. Characterized by the telling of a story
narrative
malice
premonition
antithesis
27. To absorb; to make similar
parody
denotation
assimilation
spontaneous
28. Conspicuously bad or offensive
alliance
egregious
incontrovertible
pragmatic
29. A command
biased
cause/effect
imperative sentence
ambiguity
30. General agreement
interrogative sentence
torpor
consensus
context
31. Energy; power to survive
vitality
false dilemma
spontaneous
humor
32. The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive poetic lines - prose sentences - clauses - or paragraphs
imperious
compound-complex sentence
rapport
anaphora
33. To unite or synthesize a variety of sources to achieve a common end
plagiarism
parody
indolent
synthesis
34. The literal meaning of a word; the dictionary definition
denotation
conception
fallacy
logos
35. Point of view
understatement
insipid
perspective
rapport
36. A question
interrogative sentence
fallacy
contemporary
premonition
37. Uncertainty; apprehension
ornate
discourse
trepidation
ethos
38. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
fractious
simple sentence
epanalepsis
embellish
39. This creates exaggeration by showing restraint; it is the opposite of hyperbole
putrid
sanction
understatement
coup
40. Combative; belligerent
epanalepsis
frank
pugnacious
point of view
41. The use of consecutive coordinating conjunctions even when they are not needed
parentheticals
polysyndeton
gratuitous
zeugma
42. Not applied to actual objects
abstract
contemporary
opulent
loose sentence
43. Timid; fearful about the future
ethos
logos
timorous
hypothetical
44. Quarrelsome; unruly
fractious
anthology
arbitrary
flagrant
45. Of or occurring in the night
anachronism
bandwagon
ostentatious
nocturnal
46. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
conception
description
misconception
oxymoron
47. Commendable; worthy of imitation
rhetoric
exemplary
benevolent
connotation
48. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
tenuous
alienated
compound-complex sentence
parody
49. Not caring one way or the other
indifferent
personification
anachronism
assimilation
50. The use of irony - sarcasm - ridicule - and humor in exposing or denouncing vice or folly
malfeasance
connotation
innovative
satire