AP Vocabulary 121-140 Flashcards
Appeal to authority
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.
Appeal to ignorance
A fallacy base in assumption that a statement must be true if I cannot be proven false.
Concession
An argumentative strategy by which a speaker/writer acknowledges the validity of the opponents point.
Ecomium
A tribute or eulogy in prose or verse glorifying people, objects, ideas, events.
False dilemma
A fallacy of oversimplification that offers a limited number of options (usually 2) when more options are available.
Running style
Sentence style that appears to follow the mind as it worries a problem through mimicking the “rambling”, associative syntax of conversation, opposite of periodic sentence.
Explication
An explanation, interpretation
Imperative
Commanding
Interrogative
Questioning
Exclamatory
Expressing excitement
Infinitives
“To be” verbs: “to show” “to dance” “to come”
Implacable
Not appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable. Mitigate- to lessen severity, milder
Eclectic
Not following any one system, as of philosophy, medicine, etc., but selecting & using what are consumed the best elements of all systems
Opprobrium
The disgrace or reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful, infamy
Aberrant
Deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type; exceptional and abnormal
