PHC Unofficial AP English Lang. & Comp. Vocab Guide (Week 6)
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PantherBBall03 on October 10, 2010
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Week 6 vocab words of the Unofficial AP English Language and Composition Vocabulary Guide
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 convention | in writing, a rule or guideline that is accepted as true and correct; a meeting, conference, or assembly, usually of people with a common interest; rule; the most widely accepted view |
| unity | agreement, harmony, being one (accord); in writing, all of the elements and parts working together to produce an effect of agreement |
| emphasis | stress, weight, or importance placed on something; in speech, special stress on a word or syllable |
| contrast | to show difference [verb]; unlikeness [noun]; in art, the degree of dark versus light |
| asyndeton | a syntactical structure that omits conjunctions in a series; the result is more rapid prose; the "opposite" of polysyndeton |
| implication | inference or suggestion that is naturally understood |
| apposition | juxtaposition; in grammar, a noun phrase is placed after another noun phrase to change or clarify its meaning |
| eclectic | diverse, miscellaneous (assorted); put together or coming from a number of sources and styles; not following one system |
| literal | 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; no exaggeration or inaccuracy |
| inference | deduction or conjecture based on information; what is surmised or concluded |
| causal | having a cause; coming from another; fundamental or underlying; in grammar, the words since and because are causal words implying a connection of consequence |
| similarity | likeness, sameness (resemblance, parallel structure, matching) |
| atanaclasis | in one sentence, using the same word in two different meanings; a key word is repeated with a different meaning each time |
| alliance | two groups or more working together (coalition, association, union); agreement (treaty, pact) |
| discrepancy | difference between things which ought to be the same (inequality, gap, inconsistency, incongruence) |
| disparity | difference or large inequality between things with degree that are measurable, such as age, rank, or wages |
| incumbent | imposed duty [adjective]; holding a position [adjective]; person who holds an office [noun]; resting or lying on [adjective] |
| inevitable | unavoidable, certain to happen, to be expected (certain, predictable, foreseeable) |
| conviction | strong belief, firm belief (certainty, assurance); the act or state of convincing; in legal realms, a guilty sentence |
| camaraderie | a trusting spirit of friendship, companionship, solidarity |
| transitory | not lasting, temporary, transient; not fixed (brief, fleeting, passing, momentary, short-lived) |
| truncated | shortened by being cut off (condensed, abridged); in verse, lacking the right number of syllables to make the verse correct in its meter |
| virtuoso | an artist with extremely high skill [noun]; high-level ability [adjective] |
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