The Unofficial AP English Language and Composition Vocabulary Guide Week 6
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 convention | 1. in writing, a rule or guideline that is accepted as true and correct |
| convention | 2. a meeting, conference, or assembly, usually of people with a common interest |
| convention | 3. rule |
| convention | 4. the most widely accepted view |
| unity | 1. agreement, harmony, being one (accord) |
| unity | 2. in writing, all of the elements and parts working together to produce an effect of agreement |
| emphasis | 1. stress, weight, or importance placed on something |
| emphasis | 2. in speech, special stress on a word or syllable |
| contrast | 1. to show difference [verb] |
| contrast | 2. unlikeness [noun] |
| contrast | 3. in art, the degree of dark versus light |
| asyndeton | 1. a syntactical structure that omits conjunctions in a series; the result is more rapid prose; the "opposite" of polysyndeton |
| implication | 1. inference or suggestion that is naturally understood |
| apposition | 1. juxtaposition |
| apposition | 2. in grammar, a noun phrase is placed after another noun phrase to change or clarify its meaning Example: George, the first contestant on the show, was quite nervous. "The first contestant" is in apposition with the man's name, "George." |
| eclectic | 1. diverse, miscellaneous (assorted) |
| eclectic | 2. put together or coming from a number of sources and styles |
| eclectic | 3. not following one system |
| literal | 1. exact and factual (honest, accurate, unembroidered and unembellished);only focusing on the clear and overt meaning of words, not paying heed to elements that add deeper shades of meaning to a text |
| literal | 2. no exaggeration or inaccuracy |
| inference | 1. deduction or conjecture based on information; what is surmised or concluded |
| causal | 1. having a cause; coming from another |
| causal | 2. fundamental or underlying |
| similarity | 1. likeness, sameness (resemblance, parallel structure, matching) |
| atanaclasis | 1. in one sentence, using the same word in two different meanings; a key word is repeated with a different meaning each time |
| alliance | 1. two groups or more working together (coalition, association, union) |
| alliance | 2. agreement (treaty, pact) |
| discrepancy | 1. difference between things which ought to be the same (inequality, gap, inconsistency, incongruence) |
| disparity | 1. difference or large inequality between things with degree that are measurable, such as age, rank, or wages |
| incumbent | 1. imposed duty [adjective] |
| incumbent | 2. holding a position [adjective] |
| incumbent | 3. person who holds an office [noun] |
| incumbent | 4. resting or lying on [adjective] |
| inevitable | 1. unavoidable, certain to happen, to be expected (certain, predictable, foreseeable) |
| conviction | 1. strong belief, firm belief (certainty, assurance) |
| conviction | 2. the act or state of convincing |
| conviction | 3. in legal realms, a guilty sentence |
| camaraderie | 1. a trusting spirit of friendship, companionship, solidarity |
| transitory | 1. not lasting, temporary, transient; not fixed (brief, fleeting, passing, momentary, short-lived) |
| truncated | 1. shortened by being cut off (condensed, abridged) |
| truncated | 2. in verse, lacking the right number of syllables to make the verse correct in its meter |
| virtuoso | 1. an artist with extremely high skill [noun] |
| virtuoso | 2. high-level ability [adjective] |
| causal | 3. in grammar, the words since and because are causal words implying a connection of consequence |
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