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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Timid; fearful about the future
anaphora
disparity
timorous
chiasmus
2. Having a harmful effect; injurious
allusion
fallacy
red herring
deleterious
3. Wildly excited or active
frenetic
subordinate conjunction
phrase
satire
4. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; difference
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
disparity
prodigious
inveterate
5. To grow or increase rapidly
eclectic
exculpate
loose sentence
proliferate
6. To give official authorization or approval
sanction
condescending
definition
emigrate
7. Characterized by the telling of a story
plausible
mural
inductive
narrative
8. To slow the progress of
impede
transitory
ponderous
complex sentence
9. This is an ABBA syntactical structure rather than the more common parallel ABAB structure
allusion
virtuoso
chiasmus
imagery
10. Sincerity; openness
satire
euphemism
emphasize
candor
11. Prejudiced
ambiguous
frenetic
biased
plausible
12. General agreement
consensus
coup
satire
brittle
13. Secretive
loose sentence
genre
clandestine
complex sentence
14. A judge who decides a disputed issue
definition
mural
arbiter
suppressed
15. To free from guilt or blame
mundane
exculpate
humor
enmity
16. Rhetorical strategy that uses sensory details to portray a person - place - or thing
impinge
predicate
description
point of view
17. A term that signifies a relational comparison of or similarity between two objects or ideas
pugnacious
propitious
proliferate
analogy
18. Hard-working
dubious
assiduous
superficial
impartial
19. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
spontaneous
slander
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
emigrate
20. Not caring one way or the other
pernicious
indifferent
subdue
vitality
21. Freed from blame
subdue
simple sentence
apprehension
vindicated
22. Giving praise
malfeasance
novice
subdue
laudatory
23. A form of deductive reasoning; a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
syllogism
denotation
chiasmus
vitality
24. An example or model
compelling
paradigm
perception
toxic
25. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
oxymoron
mural
rhetorical shift
assimilation
26. Hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will
arbiter
false dilemma
rancorous
period
27. Stubborn; inflexible
facetious
hypocrisy
obdurate
disingenuous
28. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
misconception
rhetoric
staid
cogent
29. The associations or moods that accompany a word
proliferate
connotation
putrid
integrity
30. Combative; belligerent
tenuous
hypocrisy
predicate adjective
pugnacious
31. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
personification
predicate adjective
dubious
anthropomorphism
32. 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
anadiplosis
narrative
asyndeton
perception
33. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence; it must have a noun and a verb (subject and predicate)
independent clause
serene
omnipotent
alliteration
34. This fallacy of argumentation argues that one thing inevitably leads to another
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
contemptuous
logos
frank
35. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
reclamation
impartial
profound
plausible
36. Done by secretive means
pathos
frenetic
surreptitiously
profound
37. In the multiple-choice section - this is the question you are asked to complete with the given possible answers
vilify
narrative
stem
deductive
38. The particular words an author uses in an essay
diction
fastidious
ambiguous
replete
39. A minor device - this is the ending of a series of lines - phrases - clauses - or sentences with the same word or words
premise
indolent
fallacy
epistrophe
40. A descriptive chronology of the stages in the development of a process
reclamation
pugnacious
compound-complex sentence
process analysis
41. Developed or learned; not naturally occurring
rancorous
acquired
caustic
complex sentence
42. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
virtuoso
active voice
flagrant
compelling
43. An argument using an inappropriate metaphor
conviction
false analogy
transient
contemporary
44. An independent clause; has a subject and a verb - and that's pretty much it
denotation
antithesis
simple sentence
pathos
45. 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
dictatorial
cause and effect
oxymoron
polysyndeton
46. To put up with; to survive a hardship
paradox
endure
compound-complex sentence
meticulous
47. Persistence
tenacity
apposition
predicate adjective
opulent
48. A verb ending in 'ing' that serves as a noun
quandary
hackneyed
innate
gerund
49. Easy-going; friendly
paramount
subject
affable
syllogism
50. A possible answer that seems to be correct - but is either wrong or is not as good as other answers
rhetoric
distractor
nascent
predicate adjective