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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
effusive
eloquence
rational
capricious
2. 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
opulent
simile
condemn
incumbent
3. A collection of literary pieces
jargon
anthology
ethos
syllogism
4. This argument occurs when the speaker states a claim that includes a word or phrase that needs to be defined before the argument can proceed
begging the question
jargon
obdurate
predicate adjective
5. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
superfluous
harbinger
patronizing
dubious
6. To avoid making a definite statement
equivocate
disparity
gerund
hierarchy
7. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
effusive
infinitive
superficial
impression
8. An appeal to reason; one of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle
logos
absolutes
catalog
cause and effect
9. Also called a noun phrase - this modifies the noun next to it
proliferate
simile
exemplary
appositive
10. Author - audience - purpose
medley
rhetorical triangle
exculpate
absolutes
11. Submissive; like a servant
servile
connotation
frenetic
bandwagon
12. Dividing a subject into categories and analyzing the characteristics of each category
division/classification
object
exemplary
propitious
13. Unable to be reformed
rhetorical triangle
affable
incorrigible
logos
14. Point of view
imperative sentence
insolent
perspective
staid
15. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
heinous
euphemism
dilettante
ellipsis
16. The associations or moods that accompany a word
assiduous
figurative language
connotation
pugnacious
17. The opposite of active voice; in this voice - something happens to someone
anthology
rhetorical question
candor
passive voice
18. Wildly excited or active
listless
frenetic
fractious
superfluous
19. Showing by example
exemplification
active voice
reclamation
double-bind
20. A form of logical argumentation that uses claims or premises - where the author assumes that you will accept the claims as true and that you will then deduce the correct conclusion from the accepted premises at the outset
vilify
distractor
deductive
emigrate
21. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
sonorous
benign
hypothetical
dogged
22. Two words that create a sense of opposition; a figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side-by-side
syntax
alleviate
oxymoron
embellish
23. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
metonymy
truncated
facile
apathetic
24. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
propriety
lament
misconception
plagiarism
25. Of or occurring in the night
frenetic
nocturnal
premise
futile
26. To ease a pain or burden
embellish
connotation
assertion
alleviate
27. Of chief concern or importance
paramount
fabricated
assiduous
incontrovertible
28. Easy-going; friendly
embellish
dubious
staid
affable
29. A choice in which something must be one way or the other - there is no middle ground
metonymy
fastidious
absolutes
antithesis
30. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle; basically an appeal to credibility
malfeasance
imperative sentence
fallacy
ethos
31. Open to more than one interpretation
ambiguous
syntax
assiduous
hierarchy
32. This occurs when the author of an essay significantly alters his or her diction - syntax - or both
rhetorical shift
ominous
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
imperious
33. A figure of speech in which what is unknown is compared to something that is known in order to better gauge its importance
metaphor
point of view
hypocrisy
contemporary
34. Having no useful purpose; pointless
reclamation
pragmatic
clandestine
futile
35. Well-meaning; generous
personification
listless
benevolent
allusion
36. A crafty trick
anthology
ruse
dependent clause
intuition
37. Treating people as weak or inferior
reclamation
condescending
false analogy
excerpt
38. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
innate
clandestine
camaraderie
despotic
39. An observation or claim that is in opposition to your claim or an author's claim
tenuous
antithesis
ellipsis
ornate
40. Not straightforward; crafty
sanction
maverick
periodic sentence
disingenuous
41. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
impede
transient
torpor
affable
42. Hard-working
euphemism
apathetic
assiduous
inveterate
43. A situation of conflict from which there is no escape; an irresolvable dilemma
object
paradigm
double-bind
condemn
44. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
anadiplosis
double-bind
deductive
incumbent
45. The particular words an author uses in an essay
anaphora
futile
premise
diction
46. To slow the progress of
impede
futile
predicate
biased
47. Playfully humorous
staid
epanalepsis
facetious
austere
48. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
cause and effect
quandary
convoluted
reprehensible
49. A person or character is introduced with language that suggests that he is not at all reliable before the listener/reader knows anything about him
discredit
nocturnal
gerund
poisoning the well
50. A play on words; in an argument - this usually calls humorous attention to a particular point
tenuous
rhetorical triangle
pun
camaraderie