AP Vocabulary 101-121

Question 1

Concession-Part 2

Answer 1

A writing style to show that the writer is logical and a fair minded person, able to realize that every argument had several side to consider before it is presentable. This type of writing can be considered strong as it finds common ground between you and your opponent.

Question 2

Portmanteau

Answer 2

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

Question 3

The Coinage of Portmanteau

Answer 3

Involves the linking and blending of two or more words and the new word formed in the process. Shares the same meanings as the original words. It is different from a compound word in that it could have a completely different meaning from the words it was coined form.

Question 4

Litotes

Answer 4

Understatement, an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in “not bad, cut all”.

Question 5

Chiasmus

Answer 5

Rhetoric reversed of the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases: He came in triumph and in defeat departs

Question 6

Aradiplosis

Answer 6

A rhetorical term for the repetitive of the last word of one line or clause to begin the next. EX. “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much hate in you”.

Question 7

Invective

Answer 7

A verbally abusive attack

Question 8

Circumlocution

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Begging The Question

Answer 9

Supporting a claim with a reason that is really a restatement of the claim in different words

Question 10

Adage

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Verisimilitude

Answer 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.

Question 12

Malapropism

Answer 12

A confused, comically, inaccurate use of a long word or words.

Question 13

Cadence

Answer 13

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

Question 14

False Analogy

Answer 14

Error in assuming the because two things are alike in some ways, they are alike in all ways. EX. A school is not so different form a business. Needs a competitive strategy that will lead to profitable growth

Question 15

Hasty Generation

Answer 15

Unsound, inductive, inference, based on insufficient, inadequate, unspecified evidence.

Question 16

Non-sequitur

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Post Hoc

Answer 17

Because one things follows another, it is held to cause the others

Question 18

Ad Hominem

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Polyphasic

Answer 19

Excessive talking

Question 20

Diatribe

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Appeal to Authority

Answer 21

A fallacy in which a speaker or writer seeks to persuade not by giving have for a famous person or institution.