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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. The process of forming reasons - justifying beliefs - and drawing conclusions with the aim of influencing the thoughts and/or actions of others
connotation
denotation
argumentation
compound-complex sentence
2. 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
metonymy
theme
rhetoric
humor
3. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
apostrophe
understatement
plagiarism
obscure
4. Unimaginative; dull
haughty
prosaic
anastrophe
brittle
5. Without decoration; strict
paradigm
coherent
austere
listless
6. Unable to be reformed
astute
incorrigible
staid
predicate adjective
7. A fundamental form of rhetorical stress that calls the reader's attention to a particular word - phrase - or image for emphasis of meaning
anachronism
superfluous
dubious
repetition
8. Of or occurring in the night
juxtaposition
nocturnal
begging the question
fluid
9. Favorable; promising
independent clause
despotic
deductive
auspicious
10. Two words that together create a sense of opposition
malapropism
oxymoron
mundane
pun
11. The use of irony - sarcasm - ridicule - and humor in exposing or denouncing vice or folly
apology
satire
exemplification
connotation
12. A judge who decides a disputed issue
arbiter
pejorative
fallacy
argument from ignorance
13. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
enlightening
perspective
disdain
consensus
14. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
slander
ample
fastidious
dependent clause
15. Intended to instruct
torpor
didactic
embellish
ruse
16. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
convoluted
pernicious
despotic
wily
17. A possible answer that seems to be correct - but is either wrong or is not as good as other answers
rhetoric
frenetic
enmity
distractor
18. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
alienated
auspicious
insolent
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
19. Clearness in thought or expression
synecdoche
clarity
prosaic
cordial
20. To unite or synthesize a variety of sources to achieve a common end
begging the question
fluid
synthesis
ample
21. Stubborn; inflexible
obdurate
false dilemma
euphemism
loose sentence
22. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
inveterate
naive
aphorism
enmity
23. General agreement
obscure
consensus
malice
irony
24. Subdued; kept from being circulated
discourse
suppressed
notorious
obstinate
25. Wrongdoing - misconduct
fractious
malfeasance
predicate nominative
omnipotent
26. Poisonous
incumbent
inveterate
narration
toxic
27. A minor figure of speech in which the name of one thing is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
chiasmus
metonymy
dialect
medley
28. Sincerity; openness
intrepid
candor
obscure
timorous
29. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
pejorative
perspective
euphemism
abstract
30. In the multiple-choice section - this is the question you are asked to complete with the given possible answers
stem
disparity
arid
proximity
31. The deliberate omission of conjunctions from a series of related independent clauses
asyndeton
narrative
trepidation
ornate
32. Also known as loaded words - these can demonstrate a writer's intense feelings or emotions; they display an author's voice
emotional words
periodic sentence
listless
wily
33. Giving praise
consensus
apostrophe
straw man
laudatory
34. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
antithesis
irony
predicate
embellish
35. Appeal based on emotion
pathos
metaphor
infinitive
misconception
36. The study of the rules of grammar that define the formation of sentences
quandary
equanimity
syntax
connotation
37. A beginner
ornate
process analysis
novice
wily
38. Unimportant
astute
impede
inconsequential
mollify
39. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
clandestine
frank
compare/contrast
suppressed
40. To slow the progress of
assertion
repetition
impede
onomatopoeia
41. This occurs when the author of an essay significantly alters his or her diction - syntax - or both
tenuous
rhetorical shift
rapport
catalog
42. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
disparage
whimsical
assimilation
archetype
43. Current - modern; from the same time
conception
contemporary
innovative
inherent
44. Having no useful purpose; pointless
futile
phenomenon
obdurate
didactic
45. Lacking application or practical application
theoretical
apposition
discourse
fractious
46. A form of deductive reasoning; a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
syllogism
derived
candor
begging the question
47. Appeal based on logic or reason
logos
thesis
paramount
wary
48. Describing a large amount of something
division/classification
syntax
ample
clarity
49. Contempt - scorn
denotation
simple sentence
disdain
conviction
50. A question
trepidation
narration
periodic sentence
interrogative sentence