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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. A minor figure of speech in which the name of one thing is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
phenomenon
exculpate
metonymy
florid
2. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
objectivity
tricolon
chiasmus
narration
3. Plentiful; having a large quantity
copious
condemn
euphemism
zeugma
4. To regard or treat with contempt; to look down on
mundane
narration
disdain
passive voice
5. To conceal or make indistinct
coherent
penitent
obscure
phenomenon
6. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle; basically an appeal to credibility
torpor
ethos
paradox
incontrovertible
7. Elaborately decorated
ornate
dilettante
impartial
parallelism
8. A command
toxic
imperative sentence
dogged
oxymoron
9. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
parody
cordial
ample
context
10. An observation or claim that is in opposition to your claim or an author's claim
gesticulating
antithesis
hypocrisy
ambiguity
11. A pattern of speech or language that creates a rhythm of repetition often combined with some other language of repetition
trepidation
absolutes
meticulous
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
12. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
medieval
diligent
effusive
emigrate
13. The ability to form or understand an idea
conception
tricolon
haughty
ponderous
14. A specific tone or attitude a writer may use in an essay by attempting to be comedic or amusing
penitent
connotation
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
humor
15. Stubborn; inflexible
obdurate
embellish
perspective
misconception
16. An appeal to reason; one of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle
jargon
innate
logos
intuition
17. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
hackneyed
cause and effect
incumbent
impression
18. This is an ABBA syntactical structure rather than the more common parallel ABAB structure
alienated
euphemism
inevitable
chiasmus
19. No longer in use; old-fashioned
truncated
absolutes
dilettante
obsolete
20. Also called vox populi - this argument is the 'everyone's doing it' fallacy
parody
bandwagon
eloquence
premise
21. A minor figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole
sanction
pervasive
synecdoche
laudatory
22. Wrongdoing - misconduct
servile
excerpt
melancholy
malfeasance
23. A form of deductive reasoning; a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
point of view
asylum
ellipsis
syllogism
24. Prejudiced
biased
subordinate conjunction
period
imperious
25. Done by secretive means
reprehensible
ostentatious
prodigious
surreptitiously
26. Possessed from birth; inborn
obdurate
declarative sentence
innate
pathos
27. Showing by example
subject
apprehension
exemplification
cohesive
28. A failure of logical reasoning
superficial
pejorative
fallacy
compelling
29. This literally means 'it does not follow'; this is an argument by misdirection and is logically irrelevant
premonition
connotation
obstinate
non sequitur
30. Relatively unknown
acquired
obscure
ambiguous
servile
31. The writer's statement of purpose; the focal intent of the essay
effusive
exculpate
etymology
thesis
32. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
rhetoric
apology
euphemism
harbinger
33. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
dependent clause
false dilemma
frank
obsolete
34. Something out of place in time or sequence
futile
quandary
mediocrity
anachronism
35. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
obscure
brittle
ambiguous
haughty
36. Introducing something new
poisoning the well
copious
toxic
innovative
37. The perspective from which the writer chooses to present his or her story (fiction) or essay (nonfiction)
arbitrary
phenomenon
point of view
rhetoric
38. Rudely abrupt
zeugma
cause and effect
brusque
polysyndeton
39. Courageous; fearless
intrepid
period
assertion
aesthetic
40. A statement or a proposition that seems senseless or self-contradictory - but in reality - it may be true
paradox
patronizing
stem
modest
41. Exercising good judgment or common sense
alleviate
fabricated
prudent
medley
42. Hard-working
participle
rapport
assiduous
understatement
43. Also known as loaded words - these can demonstrate a writer's intense feelings or emotions; they display an author's voice
object
narrative
rhetoric
emotional words
44. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
virtuoso
syllogism
dilettante
apathetic
45. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
slander
anastrophe
putrid
impartial
46. To slow the progress of
whimsical
irony
subdue
impede
47. Quarrelsome; unruly
copious
fractious
ambiguity
polysyndeton
48. Not straightforward; crafty
disingenuous
propriety
malfeasance
timorous
49. Impulsive and unpredictable
disparity
capricious
frenetic
parody
50. A term that signifies a relational comparison of or similarity between two objects or ideas
straw man
eclectic
coup
analogy