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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Bitingly sarcastic or witty
astute
caustic
convoluted
simile
2. Freed from blame
connotation
harbinger
theoretical
vindicated
3. Describing a category or artistic endeavor
genre
eloquence
participle
dogged
4. Sadness; depression
compare/contrast
personification
eloquence
melancholy
5. 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
dogmatic
metaphor
fabricated
false dilemma
6. Two words that create a sense of opposition; a figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side-by-side
oxymoron
coup
pragmatic
metonymy
7. Point of view
alienated
pugnacious
perspective
reclamation
8. 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
ethos
epanalepsis
epistrophe
zeugma
9. Rhetorical strategy that uses sensory details to portray a person - place - or thing
gratuitous
description
pervasive
impression
10. Of chief concern or importance
impinge
paramount
opulent
polysyndeton
11. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
despotic
superfluous
plagiarism
excerpt
12. Lacking energy
oxymoron
cogent
listless
anthropomorphism
13. A form of deductive reasoning; a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
gratuitous
syllogism
benign
inconsequential
14. A command
derived
polysyndeton
imperative sentence
premise
15. Possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
poignant
fastidious
despotic
onomatopoeia
16. Introducing something new
innovative
obscure
poisoning the well
incumbent
17. A place of retreat or security
disdain
asylum
process analysis
emotional words
18. The use of language to suggest the opposite of the literal meaning or incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs
interrogative sentence
irony
anastrophe
stratagem
19. Well-meaning; generous
profound
antithesis
benevolent
convoluted
20. Not applied to actual objects
infinitive
clarity
opulent
abstract
21. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
analogy
eclectic
hypothetical
objectivity
22. The process of forming reasons - justifying beliefs - and drawing conclusions with the aim of influencing the thoughts and/or actions of others
argumentation
whimsical
metonymy
figurative language
23. Playfully humorous
logos
facetious
synecdoche
brittle
24. A sentence structure made up of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction
alienated
sonorous
comprehensive
compound sentence
25. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
malleable
hypothetical
lucid
hierarchy
26. A fixed or strong belief
ethos
conviction
cause and effect
ponderous
27. A union of two or more groups
ruse
alliance
pragmatic
proliferate
28. Easily flowing
medieval
asyndeton
fluid
connotation
29. Giving human attributes to non-human things
infinitive
prodigious
appositive
personification
30. Convincing; reasonable
benign
discredit
cogent
ethos
31. Menacing; threatening
ominous
contemporary
cohesive
transient
32. The presence of two or more possible meanings in any passage; not clear
ambiguity
syllogism
anadiplosis
apprehension
33. Author - audience - purpose
period
inveterate
rhetorical triangle
ambiguous
34. Treating people as weak or inferior
cogent
disdain
wily
condescending
35. A choice in which something must be one way or the other - there is no middle ground
absolutes
irony
integrity
mundane
36. Having no useful purpose; pointless
repetition
dilettante
hyperbole
futile
37. Not able to be denied or disputed
innovative
predicate nominative
jargon
incontrovertible
38. A minor figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole
synecdoche
ambivalent
superficial
archetype
39. Rudely abrupt
superficial
listless
brusque
vindicated
40. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
apposition
mediocrity
epanalepsis
declarative sentence
41. A brief statement of an opinion or elemental truth
ambiguous
excerpt
stratagem
aphorism
42. Copied or adapted from a source
contemptuous
derived
obdurate
compelling
43. Unemotional; serious
ostentatious
staid
etymology
copious
44. A pattern of speech or language that creates a rhythm of repetition often combined with some other language of repetition
inductive
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
paradox
coherent
45. Characterized by the telling of a story
simple sentence
narrative
facetious
poisoning the well
46. Responsive; agreeable
enlightening
irony
amenable
cause/effect
47. Developed or learned; not naturally occurring
acquired
elusive
synthesis
mollify
48. Persistence
hypothetical
disdain
tenacity
epanalepsis
49. Easy-going; friendly
affable
malleable
acquired
thesis
50. Hatefully evil; abominable
superficial
toxic
heinous
obdurate