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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
patronizing
notorious
vindicated
candor
2. An argument using an inappropriate metaphor
dictatorial
false analogy
candor
perspective
3. Clearness in thought or expression
cryptic
compelling
clarity
transient
4. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle; basically an appeal to credibility
profound
sonorous
ethos
passive voice
5. An inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
heinous
chiasmus
substantiated
medley
6. To slow the progress of
diction
equanimity
impede
ornate
7. Not caring one way or the other
argumentation
etymology
indifferent
endure
8. A minor figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole
alienated
synecdoche
diction
mediocrity
9. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
discourse
lucid
enmity
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
10. Exercising good judgment or common sense
facetious
humor
arid
prudent
11. Describing a category or artistic endeavor
decorous
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
archaic
genre
12. A type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated
imperative sentence
gesticulating
metonymy
coherent
13. A sentence structure that is a combination of a dependent clause and an independent clause
rancorous
complex sentence
insolent
cogent
14. 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
epanalepsis
irony
repetition
pragmatic
15. Bitingly sarcastic or witty
dogged
caustic
disdain
ruse
16. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
euphemism
pervasive
enlightening
rhetoric
17. To make an itemized list of
catalog
irony
whimsical
argument from ignorance
18. Poisonous
euphemism
discourse
toxic
rancorous
19. 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
candor
alienated
satire
zeugma
20. A fixed or strong belief
conviction
ad hominem
ample
compelling
21. Prayer-like - this is a direct address to someone who is not present - to a deity or muse - or to some other power
suppressed
apostrophe
clandestine
cordial
22. Possessed from birth; inborn
assertion
innate
cohesive
anthology
23. The deliberate omission of conjunctions from a series of related independent clauses
suppressed
transitory
object
asyndeton
24. The opposite of active voice; in this voice - something happens to someone
propriety
passive voice
jargon
process analysis
25. An attack on the person rather than the issues at hand (a common fallacy)
impartial
ad hominem
aesthetic
straw man
26. Practical
pragmatic
whimsical
imagery
paradox
27. Describing flowery or elaborate speech
zeugma
florid
solvent
equivocate
28. Playfully humorous
facetious
superfluous
logos
apology
29. The use of language to suggest the opposite of the literal meaning or incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs
alienated
irony
ominous
hackneyed
30. Stubbornly persevering
asylum
contemptuous
dogged
denotation
31. Having great depth or seriousness
profound
embellish
pathos
syllogism
32. A widespread fire
conflagration
period
nocturnal
apparatus
33. The repetition of a phonetic sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence
indolent
periodic sentence
alliteration
cause and effect
34. Characterized by the telling of a story
narrative
impinge
camaraderie
chiasmus
35. The particular words an author uses in an essay
diction
allusion
fallacy
mural
36. An unusual - observable event
prosaic
prompt
phenomenon
anthology
37. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
rhetorical shift
rational
anastrophe
serene
38. 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
catalog
benign
figurative language
dubious
39. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
allusion
pragmatic
anthropomorphism
complex sentence
40. Unemotional; serious
obdurate
naive
eloquence
staid
41. Arrogant; vainly proud
poignant
tenacity
haughty
deductive
42. A grouping of words that define or clarity; a group of words that is not a sentence because there is no verb
surreptitiously
condescending
stratagem
phrase
43. Convincing; reasonable
rhetorical question
equivocate
conception
cogent
44. Not straightforward; crafty
disingenuous
obdurate
incorrigible
diligent
45. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
pragmatic
facile
ambiguous
obsolete
46. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
novel
permeated
transient
anthology
47. The act of making something useful again
argument from ignorance
reclamation
definition
cause/effect
48. Producing a deep or full sound
obscure
sonorous
asyndeton
division/classification
49. Subdued; kept from being circulated
suppressed
caustic
apathetic
decorous
50. The opposite of connotation; quite literally the dictionary meaning of a word
denotation
derived
narrative
polysyndeton