AP Lang Vocab 101-120

Question 1

shows that the writer is a logical and fair-minded person, able to consider before it is presented. This type of writing can be considered strong as it finds common ground between you and your opponent.

Answer 1

concession-part 2

Question 2

A literary device in which two or more words are joined together to coin a new word. This word is formed by blending parts of 2 or more words but it always refers to a single concept.

Answer 2

portmanteau

Question 3

involves linking and blending of 2 or more words and the new word formed in the process shares the same meaning as the original words. different from a compound word. EX: medical+ care= Medicare
education+ entertainment= edutainment

Answer 3

the coinage of portmanteau

Question 4

understatement, esp. that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary “not bad at all”

Answer 4

litotes

Question 5

Rhetorical reversal of the order of words in the second of 2 parallel phrases: he came in triumph and in defeat departs: He went to the country, to the town went he

Answer 5

chiasmus

Question 6

rhetorical term for the repetition of the last word of one line or clause to begin the next. EX: Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you.

Answer 6

anadiplosis

Question 7

a verbally abusive attack

Answer 7

invective

Question 8

the use of an unnecessarily large number of words or an indirect means of expression to express an idea so as to effect an evasion in speech.

Answer 8

circumlocution

Question 9

supporting a claim with a reason that is really a restatement of the claim in a different wording.

Answer 9

begging the question

Question 10

A saying or proverb embodying a piece of common wisdom based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language(ex: It is always darkest before the dawn.)

Answer 10

adage

Question 11

Similar to truth; the quality of realism in a work that persuades the reader that he/she is getting a vision of life as it is.

Answer 11

verisimilitude

Question 12

A confused, comically inaccurate use of a long word or words. EX: In Romeo and Juliet that nurse says “I desire some confidence with you sir.”

Answer 12

malapropism

Question 13

The rising and falling rhythm of speech especially in free verse or prose

Answer 13

cadence

Question 14

Error in assuming that because two things are alike in some ways, they are alike in all ways

Answer 14

false analogy

Question 15

Unsound inductive inference based on insufficient, inadequate, unspecific evidence

Answer 15

hasty generalization

Question 16

A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before.

Answer 16

Non-sequitur

Question 17

Because one thing follows another, it is held to cause the other.

Answer 17

Post Hoc

Question 18

Instead of attacking an assertion, the argument attacks the person who made the assertion.

Answer 18

Ad Hominem

Question 19

excessive talking

Answer 19

Polyphasis

Question 20

a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism. A bitter and abusive speech or writing.

Answer 20

diatribe