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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. To consider perfect
apposition
eloquence
idealize
phenomenon
2. A term that signifies a relational comparison of or similarity between two objects or ideas
incorrigible
analogy
juxtaposition
deleterious
3. This clause contains a noun and a verb but is set up with a subordinate conjunction - which makes the clause an incomplete thought
inconsequential
dependent clause
apprehension
subordinate conjunction
4. Uncertainty; apprehension
participle
trepidation
sardonic
rhetoric
5. Developed or learned; not naturally occurring
fractious
acquired
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
timorous
6. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
putrid
inherent
imperious
panegyric
7. Treating people as weak or inferior
alliteration
condescending
fastidious
red herring
8. Poisonous
toxic
alliance
excerpt
wily
9. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
ambiguous
hypothetical
genre
assertion
10. A word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary
hyperbole
lexicon
austere
superficial
11. Imaginative language that compares one thing to another in ways that aren't necessarily logical but that are nevertheless striking - original - and 'true'; often departs from the literal meaning
compare/contrast
figurative language
prodigious
apparatus
12. Extremely careful and precise
meticulous
convoluted
derived
nascent
13. Making gestures while speaking
anachronism
ebullience
gesticulating
transient
14. A verbal (expressing action or a state of being) that is used as an adjective and most often ends in -ing or -ed
didactic
sedentary
participle
understatement
15. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
eloquence
impression
diligent
propriety
16. Describing a dry - rainless climate
novel
arid
equanimity
obscure
17. A place of retreat or security
hackneyed
asylum
infinitive
exemplification
18. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
impartial
cogent
rhetorical triangle
torpor
19. Point of view
phrase
mundane
perspective
periodic sentence
20. Stubborn; inflexible
obdurate
medley
idealize
synthesis
21. An inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
fractious
chiasmus
affable
reprehensible
22. The use of language to suggest the opposite of the literal meaning or incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs
irony
logos
plagiarism
paradox
23. An attack on the person rather than the issues at hand (a common fallacy)
ad hominem
ethos
disparity
narrative
24. Also called a noun phrase - this modifies the noun next to it
incontrovertible
apparatus
vitality
appositive
25. A type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated
metonymy
catalog
spurious
arbiter
26. General agreement
consensus
prudent
argument from ignorance
virtuoso
27. A sentence with several dependent clauses that precede the independent clause
inductive
sonorous
rhetoric
periodic sentence
28. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
alleviate
flagrant
argumentation
apathetic
29. A noun toward which thought - feeling - or action is directed
object
reprehensible
melancholy
hypocrisy
30. An ungrateful person
pernicious
understatement
hyperbole
ingrate
31. Kind and gentle
denotation
benign
ethos
incumbent
32. Any time one of the five senses (visual - auditory - tactile - olfactory - gustatory) is evoked by what you have read - you have encountered this
passive voice
understatement
listless
imagery
33. Practical
notorious
pragmatic
phenomenon
connotation
34. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
archaic
eloquence
exclamatory sentence
active voice
35. 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
inductive
truncated
laudatory
anadiplosis
36. Abundantly supplied: filled to capacity
replete
arbitrary
sardonic
imagery
37. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
vitality
parody
alliteration
cohesive
38. An argument using an inappropriate metaphor
context
rational
false analogy
argumentation
39. Showing by example
exemplification
imagery
listless
assimilation
40. Also called vox populi - this argument is the 'everyone's doing it' fallacy
maverick
prudent
bandwagon
compound-complex sentence
41. A minor figure of speech in which the name of one thing is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
metonymy
enlightening
infinitive
fractious
42. Condition of sticking together
non sequitur
ebullience
cohesive
alienated
43. To give special attention to something - to stress
pugnacious
thesis
ominous
emphasize
44. Rudely abrupt
inductive
non sequitur
superfluous
brusque
45. A conjunction that makes an independent clause into a dependent clause
rational
chiasmus
division/classification
subordinate conjunction
46. Something out of place in time or sequence
opulent
anachronism
allusion
misconception
47. The literal meaning of a word; the dictionary definition
disdain
denotation
heinous
stem
48. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
whimsical
periodic sentence
anadiplosis
alliance
49. Having great depth or seriousness
candor
profound
bandwagon
description
50. The opposite of active voice; in this voice - something happens to someone
equanimity
elusive
paramount
passive voice