AP Language Week 5 Flashcards
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| 7505060664 | Abstract | thought of as separate from concrete realities; intangible | 0 | |
| 7505060665 | Assuage | to make less severe or intense; to lessen | 1 | |
| 7505060666 | Banal | boring; devoid of originality or creativity | 2 | |
| 7505060667 | Critical | characterized by finding fault(s) in something | 3 | |
| 7505060668 | Cynical | pessimistic; questioning of the sincerity and goodness of people | 4 | |
| 7505060669 | Derisive | ridiculing | 5 | |
| 7505060670 | Didactic | designed to teach or instruct | 6 | |
| 7505060671 | Dogmatic | having a strong set of principles; characteristic of asserting opinions in an arrogant way | 7 | |
| 7505060672 | Equivocal | deliberately ambiguous; of doubtful nature | 8 | |
| 7505060673 | Fallacious | false or misleading; incorrect | 9 | |
| 7505060674 | Hubris | extreme pride | 10 | |
| 7505060675 | Lugubrious | mournful or gloomy | 11 | |
| 7505060676 | Indignant | having a strong feeling of dislike or displeasure at something unjust or unfair | 12 | |
| 7505060677 | Impartial | not biased; fair or just | 13 | |
| 7505060678 | Patronize | to talk down to; to speak or act with an air of superiority | 14 | |
| 7505060679 | Pedantic | making a show of language | 15 | |
| 7505060680 | Resigned | passive; accepting as inevitable | 16 | |
| 7505060681 | Superfluous | not necessary | 17 | |
| 7505060682 | Vicissitude | a change of circumstance or fortune; alteration between two opposites | 18 | |
| 7505060683 | Anthimeria | the substitution of one part of speech for another Example: "The old woman turtled on." Effect: diction, tone, emphasis | 19 | |
| 7505060684 | Aporia | real or feigned doubt; wondering openly or admitting you cannot fathom something Effect: forces the audience to reason with the speaker, logos, empahsis | 20 | |
| 7505060685 | Hortatory | exhorting or strongly encouraging Effect: tone, creates a sense of urgency or a specific mood in the audience to better persuade them, emphasis | 21 | |
| 7505060686 | Jargon | the language, especially the vocabulary, that is specific to particular a trade, group, or profession Effect: better relates to the topic, allows the audience to better understand, ethos | 22 | |
| 7505060687 | Proposal Argument | an argument in which the claim is made in favor of or opposing a specific course of action Effect: audience clearly understands the speaker's position/stance; can establish ethos and logos | 23 |