AP Vocabulary 81-100

Question 1

dialect

Answer 1

language used by the people of a specific area, class, district, or any other group of people. The term dialect involves the spelling, sounds, grammar, and pronunciation used by a particular group of people and it distinguishes them from other people around them.

Question 2

hubris

Answer 2

extreme pride and arrogance shown by a character that ultimately brings about his downfall. in AP language, hubris can be found in the author’s attitude towards the reader. In literature, portrayal of hubristic characters serves to achieve a more moralistic end.

Question 3

anti-hero

Answer 3

literary device used by writers for a prominent character in a play/book that has characteristics opposite to that of a conventional hero. The protagonist is usually admired for his bravery, strength, charm, ingenuity, unsolicited, and unskilled and has both good and bad qualities. post-modern period: there are thousands of shows, books, and movies that portray such characters, who are widely admired by audiences.

Question 4

bandwagon

Answer 4

persuasive technique and a type of propaganda through which a writer persuades his readers, so that majority could agree with argument of writer. this type of reasoning is also considered a type of fallacy

Question 5

bandwagon-function

Answer 5

the purpose of this technique is to make the audience think and act in a way that majority follows. This tendency of following the beliefs and actions occurs when the audience sees others are also conforming. We see its usage in literature, politics, and advertisements. etc. Bandwagon is in fact a good approach for persuasive writing that successfully works on human minds and psychology. Conversely, writers often use it as a pressure tactic by creating a sense of fear among the readers if they do not agree with their beliefs.

Question 6

propaganda

Answer 6

we can easily find the use of propaganda techniques in mass media advertising, politics, and literature. It is a very popular technique in academic commentary and its taken as an interchangeable form of communication. The primary function of propaganda is to persuade the readers and mold their perceptions about a particular cause. The term has been subdivided into a number of “techniques’ which you will become familiar with.

Question 7

propaganda-transfer

Answer 7

appeals to a person’s imagination of something we like or trust.
-Trump: make America great again

Question 8

propaganda-glittering

Answer 8

virtue, words, or glittering generality: these words are used to dope us into accepting and approving of things without examining the evidence carefully.
-Examples: “natural”, “democratic”, “organic”, “scientific”, “ecological”

Question 9

propaganda-testimonial

Answer 9

represents another type of propaganda that fits into a particular category of its own. When some respected celebrity claims that an idea/product is good (or bad). This technique is used to convince us without examining the facts more carefully.

Question 10

propaganda-plain folks

Answer 10

used by a speaker to convince an audience that an idea is good because they are the same ideas of the vast majority of people like themselves.

Question 11

propaganda-distortion of data or out of context or card stacking or cherry picking

Answer 11

used to convince the audience by using selected information and not presenting the complete story.
-“study shows eating peanut butter can cause liver cancer.” (later study shown to be made by peanut butter haters

Question 12

propaganda-testimonial

Answer 12

when some respected celebrity claims that an idea of product is good (or bad). this technique is used to convince us without examining the facts more carefully

Question 13

propaganda-scapegoat

Answer 13

often used with guilt-by-association to deflect away from issues. It transfers blame to one person or group of people without investigating the complexities of the issues

Question 14

propaganda-artificial dichotomy

Answer 14

someone tries to claim there are only two sides to an issue and both must have equal presentation in order to be evaluated. It is used to dupe us into believing there is only one way to look at an issue, when in fact there may be many. like most propaganda techniques, it simplifies reality and distorts it, often to speaker’s advantage.

Question 15

propaganda-deification

Answer 15

when an idea is made to appear holy, sacred, or very special and therefore above all law. Any alternative or opposite points of view are thereby given the appearance of treason or blasphemy.

Question 16

conceit

Answer 16

develops a comparison which is exceedingly unlikely but is, nonetheless, intellectually imaginative. A comparison turns into a conceit when the writer tries to make us admit a similarity between two things of whose “dissimilarities” we are strongly conscious, and for this reason, conceits are often surprising

Question 17

claim

Answer 17

3 common types: value, policy, and factual claims. identifying claims is easier if you know a little about each claim type.

• value: attempt to persuade you to approve or disapprove of something
• policy: attempt to persuade you or your government to take some type of action or change a behavior usually to solve a problem
  factual: attempt to persuade you that something existed, exists, or will exist about what caused something to exist

Question 18

catharsis

Answer 18

emotional discharge through which one can achieve a state of moral or spiritual renewal or achieve a state of literature from anxiety and stress. catharsis is a Greek word that means cleansing. In literature. it is used for the cleansing of emotions of the character. It can also be any other radical charge that leads to emotional rejuvenation of a person.

Question 19

cliché

Answer 19

expression that has been overused to the extent that is loses its original meaning or novelty. A cliché may also refer to actions and events which are predictable because of some previous events.

Question 20

concession

Answer 20

literary device used in argumentative writing where one acknowledges a point made by one’s opponent. It is not necessarily a “counter argument”, but an extension of a counter argument where a writer attempts to find some “common ground”