AP Lang Vocab #2

An argument that attacks the integrity or character of an opponent rather than the merits of the issue; also known as "mud-slinging"

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CCSS.SL.11-12.3

CCSS.W.11-12.1B

An argument that attacks the integrity or character of an opponent rather than the merits of the issue; also known as "mud-slinging"

• logical fallacy

• red herring

• ad hominem

• satire

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CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.SL.11-12.3

CCSS.W.11-12.1

CCSS.W.11-12.1B

this situation that results when a writer or speaker constructs an argument on an assumption that the audience does not accept

• colloquialism

• logical fallacy

• euphemism

• begging the question

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.1

CCSS.W.11-12.1B

a comparison that attempts to explain one idea or thing by likening it to another

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The relationship expressing "If X is the cause, then Y is the effect" & vice versa

• casual relationship

  (cause-and-effect relationship)

• colloquialism

• generalization

• subordination

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

a word or expression acceptable in informal usage but inappropriate in formal discourse

• colloquialism

• dialect

• metonymy

• idiom

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CCSS.L.11-12.3

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

the implication of emotional overtones of a word rather than its literal meaning

• denotation

• idiom

• connotation

• insinuation

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

a short prose discussion of a single topic

• article

• essay

• study

• thesis

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CCSS.W.11-12.2

CCSS.W.11-12.2B

CCSS.W.11-12.4

a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept; may be used to adhere to standards of social or political correctness or to add humor or ironic understatement

• metaphor

• colloquialism

• voice

• euphemism

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Errors in reasoning used by speakers or writers, sometimes in order to dupe their audiences. Usually based on insufficient evidence, irrelevant information or faulty logic

• logical fallacy

• inversion

• red herring

• ad populem

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.SL.11-12.3

CCSS.W.11-12.1