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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. A sentence with three equally distinct and equally long parts
inherent
tricolon
dilettante
convoluted
2. No longer in use; old-fashioned
trivial
timorous
obsolete
archetype
3. Poisonous
incontrovertible
toxic
staid
disparage
4. An exaggeration - fairly common in nonfiction prose arguments - that bolsters an argument
hyperbole
compound-complex sentence
rational
ellipsis
5. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
subordinate conjunction
venerated
imperious
fastidious
6. Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious
pernicious
exclamatory sentence
propitious
slander
7. A brief statement of an opinion or elemental truth
aphorism
narrative
plausible
obscure
8. The use of words to express something other than and often the opposite of the literal meaning
auspicious
interrogative sentence
irony
obscure
9. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
alienated
synecdoche
solvent
premonition
10. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
patronizing
impression
premise
ruse
11. A sentence structure made up of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction
superficial
sonorous
compound sentence
implication
12. The basic message or meaning conveyed through elements of character and conflict; appears often in literature and is paralleled in nonfiction prose by an argument's thesis
apathetic
spontaneous
theme
assertion
13. Responsive; agreeable
amenable
austere
prodigious
reprehensible
14. Current - modern; from the same time
contemporary
diction
virtuoso
pugnacious
15. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
permeated
subject
penitent
division/classification
16. Insulting in manner or speech
paradigm
insolent
hierarchy
predicate adjective
17. Convincing; reasonable
periodic sentence
arid
cogent
compare/contrast
18. Hatefully evil; abominable
heinous
timorous
permeated
narrative
19. Telling a story; a specific way of telling a story
inconsequential
narration
wary
substantiated
20. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
chiasmus
discourse
asylum
independent clause
21. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
vitality
despotic
futile
cohesive
22. The opposite of connotation; quite literally the dictionary meaning of a word
rhetorical question
denotation
participle
tricolon
23. 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
insolent
effusive
chiasmus
epanalepsis
24. Relatively unknown
obstinate
obscure
hypocrisy
coherent
25. Spread or flowing throughout
permeated
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
rational
anaphora
26. Timid; fearful about the future
anachronism
innate
caustic
timorous
27. The reversal of the natural order of words in a sentence or line of poetry
sedentary
exculpate
ambiguity
anastrophe
28. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
solvent
opulent
cohesive
irony
29. A failure of logical reasoning
assimilation
fallacy
biased
premise
30. An example or model
exemplification
novice
participle
paradigm
31. Commonplace; ordinary
interrogative sentence
mundane
fallacy
opulent
32. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
argument from ignorance
effusive
jargon
convoluted
33. In its basic form - this is a three-part argument construction in which two premises lead to a truth
juxtaposition
servile
theoretical
syllogism
34. Copied or adapted from a source
alienated
derived
benign
impinge
35. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
amenable
simple sentence
melancholy
rational
36. Author - audience - purpose
anaphora
rhetorical triangle
understatement
condemn
37. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
quandary
spontaneous
fluid
profound
38. A descriptive chronology of the stages in the development of a process
process analysis
fallacy
eloquence
superficial
39. Contempt - scorn
disdain
cordial
toxic
astute
40. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
innovative
plagiarism
toxic
implication
41. The perspective from which the writer chooses to present his or her story (fiction) or essay (nonfiction)
suppressed
obscure
understatement
point of view
42. 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
red herring
staid
disingenuous
subject
43. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
condemn
metonymy
assertion
anthropomorphism
44. Appeal based on logic or reason
zeugma
ambivalent
convoluted
logos
45. Extremely dull
ponderous
exemplary
assimilation
gratuitous
46. Appropriateness of behavior
capricious
repetition
parentheticals
propriety
47. Substitution of an expression that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the receiver with an agreeable or less offensive expression or to make it less troublesome for the speaker
irony
euphemism
hypocrisy
malapropism
48. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
parentheticals
superficial
laudatory
aesthetic
49. Statement of high praise
ample
begging the question
panegyric
metonymy
50. Intended to instruct
profound
insipid
opulent
didactic