AP Vocabulary 122-142 Flashcards
Appeal to ignorance
A fallacy based on the assumption that a statement must be true if it cannot be proved false
Concession
An argumentative strategy by which a speaker or writer acknowledges the validity of an opponents point.
Encomium
A tribute or eulogy in a phrase or verse glorying people, objects, ideas, or events.
False Dilemma
A fallacy of oversimplification that offer a limited number of options (usually two) when in fact more options are available.
Running Style
Sentence style that appears to follow the mind as it worries a problem through, mimicking the “rambling associates syntax of conversation” the opposite of periodic sentence style.
Explication
An explanation, interpretation
Imperative Tone/sentence
Commanding
Interrogative
Questioning
Exclamatory
Expressing enthusiasm or excitement
Declarative
Declaring a statement or fact
Infinitives
“to be” verbs…“to come” to show” “to dance”
Implacable
Not to be appealing mollified, or pacified, inexorable mitigate- to become milder; lesser in severity.
Eclectic
Not following any one system, as of philosophy, medicine, etc. But, selecting and using what are considered the best elements of all systems.
Opprobrium
The disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful, infamy.
Aberrant
Deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type: exceptional; abnormal
