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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. An unusual - observable event
phenomenon
lexicon
maverick
ample
2. Spread or flowing throughout
theme
objectivity
archetype
permeated
3. This fallacy of argumentation argues that one thing inevitably leads to another
substantiated
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
thesis
clarity
4. Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious
abstract
emigrate
propitious
arid
5. Of or occurring in the night
euphemism
paradox
innovative
nocturnal
6. Combative; belligerent
auspicious
pugnacious
frank
nascent
7. A grouping of words that define or clarity; a group of words that is not a sentence because there is no verb
indolent
hyperbole
phrase
lament
8. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
discourse
harbinger
frank
appositive
9. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
indolent
stoic
apostrophe
facile
10. Author - audience - purpose
objectivity
rhetorical triangle
interrogative sentence
bandwagon
11. To give special attention to something - to stress
emphasize
laudatory
pejorative
panegyric
12. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
active voice
false dilemma
paradigm
opulent
13. Easily understood; clear
apostrophe
denotation
ellipsis
lucid
14. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
incumbent
fallacy
exemplary
aphorism
15. A place of retreat or security
frank
context
asylum
despotic
16. Conspicuously bad or offensive
obsolete
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
egregious
servile
17. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
rational
contemporary
eloquence
putrid
18. A word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary
inconsequential
surreptitiously
excerpt
lexicon
19. An argument using an inappropriate metaphor
tenacity
pugnacious
paradigm
false analogy
20. This occurs when a person engaging in an argument defines his opponent's position when the opponent is not present and defines it in a manner that is easy to attack
despotic
haughty
straw man
dilettante
21. Prejudiced
eclectic
comprehensive
biased
deleterious
22. Freed from blame
vindicated
syllogism
red herring
premise
23. Introducing something new
hypothetical
innovative
antithesis
paradox
24. The deliberate omission of conjunctions from a series of related independent clauses
lexicon
asyndeton
pun
fluid
25. Any time one of the five senses (visual - auditory - tactile - olfactory - gustatory) is evoked by what you have read - you have encountered this
endure
imagery
compound sentence
laudatory
26. Lacking application or practical application
paradox
zeugma
theoretical
pugnacious
27. On guard
tricolon
brittle
emotional words
wary
28. A choice in which something must be one way or the other - there is no middle ground
periodic sentence
putrid
absolutes
dependent clause
29. A form of deductive reasoning; a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
syllogism
participle
jargon
connotation
30. The process of identifying similarities and differences between things
ambivalent
compare/contrast
patronizing
compound-complex sentence
31. Also known as loaded words - these can demonstrate a writer's intense feelings or emotions; they display an author's voice
realism
synthesis
oxymoron
emotional words
32. Closeness
rancorous
connotation
coherent
proximity
33. Describing a showy or pretentious display
realism
lucid
ostentatious
context
34. An independent clause followed by all sorts of debris - usually dependent clauses
mollify
false dilemma
dilettante
loose sentence
35. Not straightforward; crafty
obsolete
endure
disingenuous
anachronism
36. Of little importance or significance
asylum
archetype
trivial
oxymoron
37. A minor figure of speech in which the name of one thing is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
proximity
metonymy
consensus
epistrophe
38. Commendable; worthy of imitation
benign
connotation
exemplary
astute
39. The ability to form or understand an idea
definition
conception
complex sentence
enlightening
40. 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
distractor
simile
figurative language
superficial
41. Coming into existence; emerging
didactic
nascent
emigrate
insolent
42. Rudely abrupt
anastrophe
ambivalent
brusque
active voice
43. Persistence
tenacity
ad hominem
maverick
inveterate
44. Like chiasmus - this figure repeats the opening word or phrase at the end of the sentence to emphasize a statement or idea - but it is not an ABBA reversal
vitality
epanalepsis
premise
straw man
45. Also known as an either/or fallacy; the suggestion is made in the argument that the problem or debate only has two solutions; can also be called the fallacy of the excluded middle
diligent
false dilemma
excerpt
synecdoche
46. Something out of place in time or sequence
sardonic
anachronism
insipid
paradox
47. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
enlightening
effusive
perspective
loose sentence
48. Treating in a condescending manner
logos
genre
patronizing
meticulous
49. A possible answer that seems to be correct - but is either wrong or is not as good as other answers
distractor
deleterious
nascent
quandary
50. Abundantly supplied: filled to capacity
ellipsis
proximity
disparage
replete