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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
facile
misconception
description
malleable
2. Producing a deep or full sound
polysyndeton
venerated
declarative sentence
sonorous
3. Good will between friends
impinge
camaraderie
obscure
incontrovertible
4. An argument stating that something is true because it has never been proven false
florid
copious
argument from ignorance
flagrant
5. Causing great harm
propriety
pernicious
despotic
astute
6. This literally means 'it does not follow'; this is an argument by misdirection and is logically irrelevant
epanalepsis
non sequitur
incumbent
emphasize
7. Profoundly moving; touching
chiasmus
poignant
emotional words
incorrigible
8. 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
prudent
euphemism
anadiplosis
impartial
9. Condition of sticking together
gratuitous
simile
solvent
cohesive
10. A question
consensus
asyndeton
interrogative sentence
rapport
11. Wildly excited or active
frenetic
antithesis
effusive
caustic
12. Commendable; worthy of imitation
exemplary
innate
process analysis
deleterious
13. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
flagrant
narrative
consensus
mediocrity
14. Statement of high praise
dependent clause
decorous
panegyric
periodic sentence
15. Rhetorical strategy that uses sensory details to portray a person - place - or thing
disdain
servile
obscure
description
16. Appropriateness of behavior
propriety
suppressed
ambiguous
oxymoron
17. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
amenable
embellish
plausible
novice
18. Conspicuously bad or offensive
interrogative sentence
stoic
diligent
egregious
19. A brilliantly executed plan
coup
intrepid
hierarchy
cordial
20. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
obscure
facile
exemplification
vitality
21. 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
asyndeton
false dilemma
obscure
division/classification
22. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
patronizing
inveterate
ambiguity
oxymoron
23. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
parody
pejorative
penitent
transient
24. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
dogged
brittle
diligent
obdurate
25. A choice in which something must be one way or the other - there is no middle ground
fabricated
absolutes
prosaic
argument from ignorance
26. Not straightforward; crafty
reprehensible
disingenuous
brusque
reclamation
27. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
period
premonition
gratuitous
plagiarism
28. Intricate; complex
spurious
compelling
condemn
convoluted
29. An apparent contradiction of terms
opulent
oxymoron
dependent clause
apathetic
30. An argument that distracts the reader by raising issues irrelevant to the case
red herring
condemn
cohesive
astute
31. Characterized by the telling of a story
declarative sentence
whimsical
narrative
disparity
32. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
passive voice
pejorative
effusive
fallacy
33. Giving praise
hackneyed
laudatory
plausible
gesticulating
34. Secretive
rhetoric
clandestine
misconception
ad hominem
35. The associations or moods that accompany a word
brusque
reclamation
hyperbole
connotation
36. Feeling or showing little emotion
apathetic
inherent
futile
torpor
37. Introducing something new
innovative
bandwagon
abstract
nascent
38. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
malleable
assiduous
enlightening
compelling
39. General agreement
impartial
dubious
consensus
fallacy
40. In the multiple-choice section - this is the question you are asked to complete with the given possible answers
stem
astute
sedentary
satire
41. Without decoration; strict
understatement
prudent
austere
realism
42. Extremely careful and precise
meticulous
camaraderie
ominous
reprehensible
43. A story
opulent
narrative
austere
intrepid
44. To unite or synthesize a variety of sources to achieve a common end
timorous
declarative sentence
double-bind
synthesis
45. A sentence structure that is a combination of a dependent clause and an independent clause
endure
complex sentence
euphemism
omnipotent
46. An unusual - observable event
gerund
metonymy
premise
phenomenon
47. Dividing a subject into categories and analyzing the characteristics of each category
theoretical
derived
incontrovertible
division/classification
48. Lacking energy
misconception
ambiguity
listless
participle
49. A crafty trick
ruse
caustic
metonymy
superfluous
50. The particular words an author uses in an essay
flagrant
diction
analogy
red herring