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AP English Language And Composition Vocab

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1. 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






2. An appeal to emotion; one of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle






3. Kind and gentle






4. Favorable; promising






5. To use a safer or nicer word for something others find inappropriate or unappealing






6. Phrases - sentences - and words inside parentheses ( )






7. Contempt - scorn






8. Made up of a variety of sources or styles






9. A play on words; in an argument - this usually calls humorous attention to a particular point






10. A question






11. Determined by impulse rather than reason






12. Hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will






13. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned






14. Closeness






15. A relationship that individuals build






16. Freed from blame






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






18. Another fallacy - this is also known as post hoc ergo propter hoc (Latin for 'after this - therefore because of this') - and it falls under the general umbrella of a causality fallacy or false cause






19. A reference that recalls another work - another time in history - another famous person - and so forth






20. Spread or flowing throughout






21. Appeal based on the character of the speaker






22. 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






23. A specific tone or attitude a writer may use in an essay by attempting to be comedic or amusing






24. An incorrect understanding or interpretation






25. The study of the rules of grammar that define the formation of sentences






26. An appeal to reason; one of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle






27. A state of uncertainty or perplexity






28. Bitingly sarcastic or witty






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






30. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit






31. An adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject of the sentence






32. Appropriateness of behavior






33. The deliberate omission of conjunctions from a series of related independent clauses






34. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)






35. A perfect example; an original pattern or model






36. Showing by example






37. Of chief concern or importance






38. An apparent contradiction of terms






39. The act of making something useful again






40. A grouping of words that define or clarity; a group of words that is not a sentence because there is no verb






41. Worn out through overuse; trite






42. To make vicious statements about






43. A union of two or more groups






44. Unimaginative; dull






45. A verbal (expressing action or a state of being) that is used as an adjective and most often ends in -ing or -ed






46. Persistence






47. A sentence structure that is a combination of a dependent clause and an independent clause






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






49. Prayer-like - this is a direct address to someone who is not present - to a deity or muse - or to some other power






50. Poisonous