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AP English Language And Composition Vocab

Subjects : english, ap
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A failure of logical reasoning






2. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge






3. Insulting in manner or speech






4. Easy-going; friendly






5. A state of uncertainty or perplexity






6. Convincing; reasonable






7. Inborn; built-in






8. Of chief concern or importance






9. Condition of sticking together






10. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle; basically an appeal to credibility






11. An exaggeration - fairly common in nonfiction prose arguments - that bolsters an argument






12. Statement of high praise






13. Difficult to comprehend






14. The process of identifying similarities and differences between things






15. To leave one country or region and settle in another






16. Also called a noun phrase - this modifies the noun next to it






17. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure






18. Hatefully evil; abominable






19. Treating people as weak or inferior






20. Also called vox populi - this argument is the 'everyone's doing it' fallacy






21. Conspicuously bad or offensive






22. The study of the effective use of language; the art of using language effectively and persuasively






23. Domineering; oppressively overbearing






24. Anxiety or fear about the future






25. Express grief for; mourn






26. To make an itemized list of






27. The use of consecutive coordinating conjunctions even when they are not needed






28. Uncertainty; apprehension






29. Having no useful purpose; pointless






30. The opposite of passive voice; essentially any sentence with an active verb






31. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy






32. Unable to be reformed






33. Dividing a subject into categories and analyzing the characteristics of each category






34. Unimportant






35. A possible answer that seems to be correct - but is either wrong or is not as good as other answers






36. Done or achieved with little effort; easy






37. Forceful; urgently demanding attention






38. Supported with proof or evidence; verified






39. An example or model






40. Extremely dull






41. A command






42. An attack on the person rather than the issues at hand (a common fallacy)






43. This creates exaggeration by showing restraint; it is the opposite of hyperbole






44. To put up with; to survive a hardship






45. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working






46. The formal term for the verb that conveys the meaning or carries the action of the sentence






47. Hard-working






48. A union of two or more groups






49. Sincerity; openness






50. Another word for a claim; a statement of truth - at least to the person making the argument