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AP English Language And Composition Vocab

Subjects : english, ap
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1. Possessed from birth; inborn






2. Sadness; depression






3. Plentiful; having a large quantity






4. Playfully humorous






5. An argument using an inappropriate metaphor






6. Long - complex - grammatically correct sentence






7. Done or achieved with little effort; easy






8. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible






9. A pattern of speech or language that creates a rhythm of repetition often combined with some other language of repetition






10. A pattern of speech and vocabulary associated with a particular group of people






11. Making gestures while speaking






12. Subdued; kept from being circulated






13. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy






14. An independent clause; has a subject and a verb - and that's pretty much it






15. Prejudiced






16. Favorable; promising






17. Strikingly new or unusual






18. Feeling or showing little emotion






19. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted






20. Conspicuously bad or offensive






21. An attack on the person rather than the issues at hand (a common fallacy)






22. 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






23. A regional speech pattern; the way people talk in different parts of the world






24. To grow or increase rapidly






25. To cause to be doubted






26. This creates exaggeration by showing restraint; it is the opposite of hyperbole






27. Able to pay one's debts






28. A combination of a compound and a complex sentence






29. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature






30. Copied or adapted from a source






31. Poisonous






32. A person or character is introduced with language that suggests that he is not at all reliable before the listener/reader knows anything about him






33. Developed or learned; not naturally occurring






34. Logically connected






35. A verbal (expressing action or a state of being) that is used as an adjective and most often ends in -ing or -ed






36. Commendable; worthy of imitation






37. Making one idea more dramatic by placing it next to its opposite






38. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge






39. A descriptive chronology of the stages in the development of a process






40. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual






41. The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive poetic lines - prose sentences - clauses - or paragraphs






42. To slow the progress of






43. Appeal based on logic or reason






44. The art of using language effectively and persuasively






45. The use of language to suggest the opposite of the literal meaning or incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs






46. Spread or flowing throughout






47. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own






48. The presence of two or more possible meanings in any passage; not clear






49. This fallacy of argumentation argues that one thing inevitably leads to another






50. A type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated