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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Easy-going; friendly
figurative language
affable
anthology
dubious
2. An attack on the person rather than the issues at hand (a common fallacy)
cause/effect
ad hominem
argumentation
begging the question
3. Imaginative language that compares one thing to another in ways that aren't necessarily logical but that are nevertheless striking - original - and 'true'; often departs from the literal meaning
opulent
figurative language
malfeasance
slander
4. Like chiasmus - this figure repeats the opening word or phrase at the end of the sentence to emphasize a statement or idea - but it is not an ABBA reversal
epanalepsis
archetype
austere
alliteration
5. Appeal based on logic or reason
synecdoche
logos
dependent clause
impression
6. An argument that distracts the reader by raising issues irrelevant to the case
disdain
compound-complex sentence
red herring
consensus
7. Equipment; a group of machines
apparatus
double-bind
proximity
indifferent
8. A story
alliance
cogent
narrative
hypocrisy
9. Responsive; agreeable
venerated
sanction
innovative
amenable
10. Convincing; reasonable
cogent
asylum
red herring
division/classification
11. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
distractor
jargon
misconception
fallacy
12. This literally means 'it does not follow'; this is an argument by misdirection and is logically irrelevant
ample
non sequitur
suppressed
apposition
13. A minor device - this is the ending of a series of lines - phrases - clauses - or sentences with the same word or words
epistrophe
mollify
facetious
plagiarism
14. An ungrateful person
false dilemma
staid
distractor
ingrate
15. Also known as an either/or fallacy; the suggestion is made in the argument that the problem or debate only has two solutions; can also be called the fallacy of the excluded middle
interrogative sentence
context
complex sentence
false dilemma
16. Intended to instruct
imperative sentence
inevitable
didactic
deleterious
17. An argument using an inappropriate metaphor
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
antithesis
false analogy
rancorous
18. Extremely dull
equivocate
premonition
omnipotent
ponderous
19. A question
heinous
arid
interrogative sentence
melancholy
20. Exercising good judgment or common sense
abstract
compound sentence
prudent
inherent
21. Wildly excited or active
apathetic
frenetic
nascent
innate
22. To absorb; to make similar
anaphora
egregious
assimilation
asylum
23. Having a harmful effect; injurious
active voice
conviction
false analogy
deleterious
24. A verb ending in 'ing' that serves as a noun
gerund
prompt
parody
euphemism
25. Spread or flowing throughout
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
facile
permeated
fabricated
26. A failure of logical reasoning
fallacy
realism
emotional words
gratuitous
27. Enormous
cogent
prodigious
parallelism
brusque
28. A fixed or strong belief
consensus
impression
conviction
poignant
29. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
apposition
anaphora
ominous
emotional words
30. Also called vox populi - this argument is the 'everyone's doing it' fallacy
facile
bandwagon
hackneyed
pathos
31. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
denotation
stratagem
effusive
denotation
32. The particular words an author uses in an essay
phrase
diction
apprehension
anadiplosis
33. A wonderful form of word play in which one word is mistakenly substituted for another that sounds similar
malapropism
dogmatic
anaphora
premonition
34. Prejudiced
ad hominem
derived
replete
biased
35. Good will between friends
thesis
camaraderie
profound
emotional words
36. Not able to be denied or disputed
enlightening
incontrovertible
frank
rational
37. A sentence that conveys excitement or force
equivocate
red herring
paradigm
exclamatory sentence
38. Condition of sticking together
spontaneous
prosaic
cohesive
fastidious
39. The formal term for the noun that is the basic focus of the sentence; it is who or what is doing the action in the sentence
opulent
epanalepsis
subject
description
40. To give official authorization or approval
sanction
tenuous
periodic sentence
malapropism
41. Easily understood; clear
penitent
understatement
obstinate
lucid
42. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
allusion
loose sentence
vilify
effusive
43. Introducing something new
surreptitiously
innovative
process analysis
superficial
44. Large in scope or content
bandwagon
deleterious
pathos
comprehensive
45. Courageous; fearless
intrepid
argument from ignorance
active voice
decorous
46. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle; basically an appeal to credibility
pernicious
ebullience
ethos
mollify
47. Also known as loaded words - these can demonstrate a writer's intense feelings or emotions; they display an author's voice
apparatus
subordinate conjunction
emotional words
object
48. The act of making something useful again
oxymoron
ambivalent
anaphora
reclamation
49. Treating in a condescending manner
rhetorical triangle
deductive
egregious
patronizing
50. A basic statement or an assertion; the most common type of sentence
clandestine
servile
conception
declarative sentence