SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
AP English Language And Composition Vocab
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
english
,
ap
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
medieval
naive
inherent
euphemism
2. A term that signifies a relational comparison of or similarity between two objects or ideas
synecdoche
analogy
plausible
propriety
3. An exaggeration - fairly common in nonfiction prose arguments - that bolsters an argument
acquired
hyperbole
narrative
object
4. A widespread fire
conflagration
pun
conception
logos
5. Worn out through overuse; trite
ebullience
compound-complex sentence
figurative language
hackneyed
6. Highly respected
superfluous
venerated
rancorous
repetition
7. Current - modern; from the same time
obscure
dogged
contemporary
superficial
8. Two words that together create a sense of opposition
complex sentence
laudatory
oxymoron
participle
9. A place of retreat or security
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
asylum
inevitable
juxtaposition
10. Quarrelsome; unruly
predicate nominative
fractious
oxymoron
ingrate
11. Difficult to comprehend
medieval
condemn
lament
cryptic
12. A crucial figure of speech in an argument when what is unknown is compared to something that is known using the word 'like -' or 'as -' or 'than' in order to better perceive its importance
prompt
eclectic
simile
cause/effect
13. Stubbornly persevering
dogged
ellipsis
solvent
effusive
14. Introducing something new
compound sentence
consensus
innovative
spontaneous
15. A fixed or strong belief
exclamatory sentence
dogmatic
conviction
tone
16. Possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
dialect
ethos
etymology
fastidious
17. To avoid making a definite statement
equivocate
prosaic
fastidious
begging the question
18. Commendable; worthy of imitation
panegyric
permeated
malapropism
exemplary
19. An appeal to emotion; one of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle
elusive
anaphora
denotation
pathos
20. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
poisoning the well
connotation
thesis
incumbent
21. Wildly excited or active
frenetic
perspective
tenacity
apparatus
22. An argument using an inappropriate metaphor
embellish
false analogy
lexicon
acquired
23. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
irony
notorious
chiasmus
alienated
24. A question
imagery
interrogative sentence
denotation
epanalepsis
25. Appeal based on the character of the speaker
mollify
impartial
ethos
catalog
26. To unite or synthesize a variety of sources to achieve a common end
prosaic
parallelism
synthesis
cause/effect
27. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
prosaic
gesticulating
despotic
discredit
28. Shrewd; clever
replete
austere
point of view
astute
29. Long - complex - grammatically correct sentence
emigrate
arbiter
period
implication
30. The ability to form or understand an idea
non sequitur
auspicious
deductive
conception
31. A group organized by rank
enmity
intrepid
hierarchy
panegyric
32. Characterized by the telling of a story
chiasmus
narrative
infinitive
dogged
33. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
interrogative sentence
dilettante
virtuoso
contemporary
34. A judge who decides a disputed issue
convoluted
arbiter
rhetorical question
wily
35. Logically connected
cryptic
inevitable
coherent
vitality
36. The use of language to suggest the opposite of the literal meaning or incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs
apology
anadiplosis
epistrophe
irony
37. Hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will
apposition
disparage
denotation
rancorous
38. Timid; fearful about the future
premonition
obsolete
timorous
process analysis
39. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
intuition
medley
period
enmity
40. An observation or claim that is in opposition to your claim or an author's claim
antithesis
obstinate
contemptuous
vindicated
41. The act of making something useful again
ethos
repetition
modest
reclamation
42. A statement or a proposition that seems senseless or self-contradictory - but in reality - it may be true
transient
assertion
notorious
paradox
43. A form of logical argumentation that requires the use of examples
dilettante
asyndeton
straw man
inductive
44. Dispersed throughout
rhetorical shift
equanimity
pervasive
syntax
45. A minor device in which two or more elements in a sentence are tied together by the same verb or noun; these are especially acute if the noun or verb does not have the exact same meaning in both parts of the sentence
capricious
malapropism
rhetorical question
zeugma
46. Uninteresting; unchallenging
subordinate conjunction
anachronism
synecdoche
insipid
47. Author - audience - purpose
ambiguity
inherent
rhetorical triangle
vitality
48. This clause contains a noun and a verb but is set up with a subordinate conjunction - which makes the clause an incomplete thought
premonition
diligent
simile
dependent clause
49. Subdued; kept from being circulated
synecdoche
suppressed
mural
haughty
50. A minor figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole
mediocrity
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
synecdoche
predicate adjective