AP Lang. Vocabulary 121-140

Question 1

Appeal to Authority

Answer 1

a fallacy in which a speaker or writer seeks to persuade not by giving evidence but by appealing to the respect people have for a famous person or institution

Question 2

Appeal to Ignorance

Answer 2

a fallacy based on the assumption that a statement must be true if it can not be proven false

Question 3

Concession

Answer 3

an argumentative strategy by which a speaker or writer acknowledges the validity of an opponents point

Question 4

Encomium

Answer 4

a tribute or eulogy in prose or verse glorifying people, objects, ideas or events

Question 5

False Dilemma

Answer 5

a fallacy of oversimplification that offers a limited number of options (usually two) when in fact more options are available

Question 6

Running Style

Answer 6

sentence style that appears to follow the mind as it worries a problem through, mimicking the “rambling, associative syntax of conversation”-the opposite of a periodic sentence style

Question 7

Explication

Answer 7

an explanation; interpretation

Question 8

Imperative Tone/Sentence

Answer 8

commanding

Question 9

Interrogative

Answer 9

questioning

Question 10

Exclamatory

Answer 10

expressing enthusiasm or excitement

Question 11

Declarative

Answer 11

declaring a statement or fact

Question 12

Infinitives

Answer 12

“to be” verbs…“to come” “to show” “to dance”

Question 13

Implacable

Answer 13

not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable

Question 14

Eclectic

Answer 14

not following any one system, as of philosophy, medicine etc., but selecting and using what are considered the best elements of all systems

Question 15

Opprobrium

Answer 15

the disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; infamy

Question 16

Aberrant

Answer 16

deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type; exceptional; abnormal

Question 17

Stymie

Answer 17

to hinder, block or thwart

Question 18

Nascent

Answer 18

beginning to exist or develope

Question 19

Avarice

Answer 19

insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard health

Question 20

Urbane

Answer 20

having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristics of sophisticated social life in major cities: an urbane manner. Reflecting elegance, sophistication etc, esp. in expression: He maintained an urbane tone in his letters.