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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Introducing something new
compound-complex sentence
innovative
rhetoric
exclamatory sentence
2. Abundantly supplied: filled to capacity
incumbent
perception
replete
chiasmus
3. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
pejorative
superfluous
apprehension
ethos
4. Appeal based on emotion
parentheticals
pathos
proximity
bandwagon
5. Inborn; built-in
paradigm
inherent
cordial
juxtaposition
6. Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
obstinate
dogmatic
straw man
clandestine
7. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
declarative sentence
superficial
phenomenon
fastidious
8. The moods/associations/implications of a word or phrase - as opposed to its exact meaning
catalog
repetition
spurious
connotation
9. Condition of sticking together
cohesive
rhetorical triangle
bandwagon
double-bind
10. Current - modern; from the same time
innovative
apprehension
hypothetical
contemporary
11. Hatefully evil; abominable
pragmatic
propitious
thesis
heinous
12. Not genuine
obdurate
emphasize
spurious
trivial
13. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
inveterate
etymology
diction
alliteration
14. Trustworthiness; completeness
pernicious
endure
effusive
integrity
15. Difficult to comprehend
laudatory
reprehensible
cryptic
anthology
16. Equipment; a group of machines
rhetorical question
apparatus
benevolent
logos
17. Unplanned; naturally occurring
amenable
bandwagon
impartial
spontaneous
18. To free from guilt or blame
integrity
exculpate
nascent
enlightening
19. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
red herring
obstinate
indifferent
contemporary
20. The repetition of a phonetic sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence
tenuous
alliteration
theme
meticulous
21. This literally means 'it does not follow'; this is an argument by misdirection and is logically irrelevant
non sequitur
chiasmus
chiasmus
serene
22. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
apposition
genre
frank
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
23. Substitution of an expression that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the receiver with an agreeable or less offensive expression or to make it less troublesome for the speaker
derived
effusive
putrid
euphemism
24. A specific tone or attitude a writer may use in an essay by attempting to be comedic or amusing
capricious
embellish
humor
enlightening
25. Dividing a subject into categories and analyzing the characteristics of each category
propitious
ambivalent
equanimity
division/classification
26. The writer's statement of purpose; the focal intent of the essay
didactic
epistrophe
mediocrity
thesis
27. General agreement
staid
ponderous
consensus
parentheticals
28. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
insipid
compare/contrast
whimsical
impression
29. A form of logical argumentation that requires the use of examples
futile
inductive
hypocrisy
disingenuous
30. Menacing; threatening
ominous
predicate
declarative sentence
toxic
31. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
notorious
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
period
embellish
32. A selected part of a passage or scene
mediocrity
excerpt
euphemism
narrative
33. The formal term for the noun that is the basic focus of the sentence; it is who or what is doing the action in the sentence
spontaneous
subject
contemporary
jargon
34. Long - complex - grammatically correct sentence
period
endure
complex sentence
impinge
35. In essay questions - this has two definitions: the correct one and the common one; the correct one is that this is the paragraph or language that defines the essay task (doesn't include the passage itself); the common definition of this is one you wi
prompt
emphasize
prudent
novel
36. To leave one country or region and settle in another
emigrate
venerated
trepidation
predicate nominative
37. A verbal (expressing action or a state of being) that is used as an adjective and most often ends in -ing or -ed
participle
compelling
polysyndeton
replete
38. A tremendously skilled artist
object
distractor
superfluous
virtuoso
39. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
mural
compound-complex sentence
conviction
period
40. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
clandestine
dictatorial
ambivalent
vindicated
41. Easy-going; friendly
comprehensive
affable
apposition
argumentation
42. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
mediocrity
stoic
declarative sentence
oxymoron
43. A minor device - this is the ending of a series of lines - phrases - clauses - or sentences with the same word or words
anthology
epistrophe
facile
cause/effect
44. An appeal to reason; one of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle
logos
quandary
compare/contrast
fractious
45. Quarrelsome; unruly
fractious
rhetorical question
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
insipid
46. Describing a large amount of something
inherent
affable
ample
pugnacious
47. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
metaphor
plausible
paramount
indolent
48. A combination of a compound and a complex sentence
effusive
compound-complex sentence
auspicious
transient
49. A wonderful technique of repetition in which the last word of the clause begins the next clause - creating a connection of ideas important to the author's purpose in some way
begging the question
exclamatory sentence
modest
anadiplosis
50. An argument using an inappropriate metaphor
obstinate
false analogy
synthesis
alienated