AP Vocabulary 02

elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily, embellished with rhetoric; florid or high-flown; ostentatious

• Ornate
• pathos
• Stymie
• Parallelism

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

lacking in physical attractiveness; not beautiful; unattractive; not having elegance, refinement, or cultivation; proper or suited to the home or to ordinary domestic life; plain; unpretentious

• Homely
• Rhetoric
• Burgeon
• Archaic diction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction, etc.; commonplace; prosaic or dull

• Pedestrian
• Stymie
• Ornate
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

presented in clear and striking manner, Perceived or felt with the freshness of immediate experience

• Vivid
• Burgeon
• Homely
• Concession

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences

• Juxtaposition
• Ornate
• Pedestrian
• Polemic

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

• Parallelism
• Homely
• Vivid
• ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

old-fashioned or outdated choice of words

• Archaic diction
• Pedestrian
• Juxtaposition
• logos

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in sequence

• Alliteration
• Vivid
• Parallelism
• pathos

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable. In a strong argument, a concession is usually accompanied by a refutation challenging the validity of the opposing argument.

• Concession
• Juxtaposition
• Archaic diction
• Rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Greek for “hostile.” An aggressive argument that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over all others. Polemics generally do not concede that opposing opinions have any merit.

• Polemic
• Parallelism
• Alliteration
• Stymie

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4