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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. The associations or moods that accompany a word
subject
sanction
syntax
connotation
2. A descriptive chronology of the stages in the development of a process
synecdoche
mundane
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
process analysis
3. To make vicious statements about
diligent
vilify
alienated
implication
4. Making gestures while speaking
innate
incumbent
gratuitous
gesticulating
5. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
insolent
impartial
inherent
egregious
6. The deliberate omission of conjunctions from a series of related independent clauses
emphasize
catalog
asyndeton
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
7. Not applied to actual objects
abstract
periodic sentence
poignant
archetype
8. The opposite of active voice; in this voice - something happens to someone
passive voice
tone
narration
egregious
9. Enormous
irony
incorrigible
division/classification
prodigious
10. Lazy
indolent
sanction
synecdoche
paradigm
11. Introducing something new
capricious
diction
innovative
object
12. The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive poetic lines - prose sentences - clauses - or paragraphs
euphemism
anaphora
disingenuous
obdurate
13. Lacking sophistication
naive
hackneyed
assertion
ingrate
14. 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
analogy
false dilemma
comprehensive
rhetorical question
15. A feeling about the future
dictatorial
premonition
effusive
predicate
16. To calm or soothe
mollify
obscure
complex sentence
oxymoron
17. Favorable; promising
arid
modest
auspicious
timorous
18. Large in scope or content
melancholy
fractious
comprehensive
parody
19. Uninteresting; unchallenging
rapport
objectivity
argumentation
insipid
20. Easily understood; clear
disdain
austere
candor
lucid
21. A figure of speech in which what is unknown is compared to something that is known in order to better gauge its importance
compound-complex sentence
anthropomorphism
metaphor
pervasive
22. Extremely careful and precise
malfeasance
rapport
assimilation
meticulous
23. Prejudiced
parody
rational
biased
wily
24. Wildly excited or active
rapport
frenetic
abstract
compound-complex sentence
25. Of chief concern or importance
medieval
idealize
paramount
impression
26. Dividing a subject into categories and analyzing the characteristics of each category
benevolent
obsolete
division/classification
incorrigible
27. This fallacy of argumentation argues that one thing inevitably leads to another
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
anthology
servile
allusion
28. Persistence
appositive
tenacity
realism
equivocate
29. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
irony
aphorism
camaraderie
whimsical
30. Plentiful; having a large quantity
conception
perspective
comprehensive
copious
31. Author - audience - purpose
rhetorical triangle
penitent
cogent
pugnacious
32. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
ornate
argumentation
insipid
parody
33. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
permeated
dubious
wily
deleterious
34. A fundamental form of rhetorical stress that calls the reader's attention to a particular word - phrase - or image for emphasis of meaning
consensus
independent clause
division/classification
repetition
35. Done by secretive means
metonymy
rhetoric
tone
surreptitiously
36. The act of making something useful again
excerpt
narration
reclamation
conflagration
37. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
rhetorical question
aesthetic
sanction
venerated
38. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
hypothetical
rhetorical shift
torpor
gratuitous
39. Worn out through overuse; trite
trivial
vitality
anaphora
hackneyed
40. Elaborately decorated
ornate
predicate nominative
proximity
clarity
41. In its basic form - this is a three-part argument construction in which two premises lead to a truth
syllogism
chiasmus
eloquence
rhetoric
42. A choice in which something must be one way or the other - there is no middle ground
alleviate
biased
absolutes
slander
43. The manner in which a writer expresses his/her attitude toward the subject and audience; mainly expressed through diction - syntax - and POV
ambivalent
staid
realism
tone
44. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
elusive
propitious
trivial
arid
45. Coming into existence; emerging
sonorous
aesthetic
nascent
egregious
46. Not caring one way or the other
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
indifferent
gesticulating
euphemism
47. Inborn; built-in
pathos
melancholy
inherent
substantiated
48. 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
comprehensive
paramount
simple sentence
begging the question
49. Unable to be reformed
incorrigible
apparatus
passive voice
irony
50. Convincing; reasonable
decorous
cogent
disparity
paradigm