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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. An example or model
discredit
active voice
nocturnal
paradigm
2. The formal term for the verb that conveys the meaning or carries the action of the sentence
astute
simple sentence
predicate
mollify
3. A conjunction that makes an independent clause into a dependent clause
subordinate conjunction
arbiter
compare/contrast
ambiguity
4. Something out of place in time or sequence
coup
medieval
anachronism
exemplary
5. Cunning
caustic
poisoning the well
tricolon
wily
6. 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
aphorism
panegyric
zeugma
compound-complex sentence
7. A verb ending in 'ing' that serves as a noun
enmity
gerund
melancholy
malleable
8. Quarrelsome; unruly
vitality
assimilation
fractious
compelling
9. Another word for a claim; a statement of truth - at least to the person making the argument
brittle
diligent
premise
laudatory
10. Elaborately decorated
infinitive
cryptic
torpor
ornate
11. Playfully humorous
facetious
figurative language
imperative sentence
malapropism
12. The particular words an author uses in an essay
diction
stratagem
permeated
satire
13. A minor figure of speech in which a sound imitates the thing or action associated with it
non sequitur
epistrophe
onomatopoeia
metonymy
14. Having no useful purpose; pointless
cohesive
futile
interrogative sentence
subject
15. Possessed from birth; inborn
emphasize
archetype
innate
heinous
16. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
trepidation
compelling
cohesive
ambivalent
17. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence; it must have a noun and a verb (subject and predicate)
independent clause
compound sentence
exemplary
suppressed
18. Shortened; cut off
transient
argumentation
truncated
dictatorial
19. To use a safer or nicer word for something others find inappropriate or unappealing
incorrigible
indolent
euphemism
suppressed
20. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
impression
emotional words
connotation
anthology
21. Showing by example
parentheticals
aesthetic
exemplification
prosaic
22. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
chiasmus
wary
humor
imperious
23. Worn out through overuse; trite
paramount
hackneyed
prudent
understatement
24. This is an ABBA syntactical structure rather than the more common parallel ABAB structure
naive
lexicon
period
chiasmus
25. Statement of high praise
disdain
panegyric
nascent
paradigm
26. Commendable; worthy of imitation
intuition
exemplary
innate
vitality
27. Equipment; a group of machines
apparatus
satire
rational
arbitrary
28. Coming into existence; emerging
denotation
understatement
nascent
interrogative sentence
29. Condition of sticking together
transient
harbinger
straw man
cohesive
30. A word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary
inconsequential
subdue
proliferate
lexicon
31. A crucial figure of speech in an argument when what is unknown is compared to something that is known using the word 'like -' or 'as -' or 'than' in order to better perceive its importance
apprehension
simile
virtuoso
gerund
32. Not genuine
spurious
trivial
arid
denotation
33. An attack on the person rather than the issues at hand (a common fallacy)
diction
despotic
ad hominem
paradigm
34. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
phrase
endure
medley
capricious
35. The act of suggesting or hinting
narrative
imperative sentence
realism
implication
36. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
hypocrisy
emigrate
fluid
poignant
37. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
theme
alliance
cordial
incumbent
38. A failure of logical reasoning
fallacy
apposition
inherent
alliance
39. Intense enthusiasm
tricolon
proximity
ebullience
pernicious
40. This occurs when the author of an essay significantly alters his or her diction - syntax - or both
bandwagon
impinge
ambiguity
rhetorical shift
41. An independent clause; has a subject and a verb - and that's pretty much it
capricious
simple sentence
rancorous
imagery
42. The manner in which a writer expresses his/her attitude toward the subject and audience; mainly expressed through diction - syntax - and POV
hackneyed
paradox
ruse
tone
43. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
affable
obstinate
flagrant
endure
44. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
onomatopoeia
pragmatic
anthropomorphism
false dilemma
45. An apparent contradiction of terms
fluid
trepidation
transitory
oxymoron
46. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
point of view
logos
elusive
denotation
47. To slow the progress of
impede
ample
exemplary
reprehensible
48. Disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh - bitter - or caustic
sardonic
trivial
division/classification
dogmatic
49. A regional speech pattern; the way people talk in different parts of the world
malice
conviction
ample
dialect
50. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
emotional words
personification
enlightening
dilettante