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AP Lang vocab 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abstruse | Difficult to understand |
| Grotesque | Comically or repulsively ugly or distorted |
| Conditional statement | Statements that express that one thing is contingent on something else |
| Amplification | The action of enlarging upon or adding detail to a story or statement to emphasize certain points |
| Loaded diction | Rhetoric used to influence an audience by using words and phrases with strong connotations |
| Epistrophe | The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences |
| Split infinitive | A construction consisting of an infinitive with a word (usually an adverb) inserted between to and the verb |
| Absolutism | The belief in absolute principles, especially in politics |
| Précis | A summary or abstract of a text or speech |
| New Criticism | A movement in the mid 1900s that emphasized close reading, to discover how a work of literature functioned as an object disconnected from the author |
| Fallacy | A mistaken belief, especially one based on an unsound argument |
| Epistemology | The theory of knowledge; the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion |
| Fatalism | The belief that all events are predetermined |
| Volubility | Talking readily and fluently |
| Metaphysics | The branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things including abstract concepts |
| Reductio ad absurdum | Proving something false by showing that its logical consequence is absurd or contradictory |
| Relativism | The doctrine that knowledge, truth, and morality exist in relation to culture, society, or historical context, and are not absolute |
| Nonpareil | Having no match or equal |
| Ad hoc | When necessary or needed |
| Decorous | Marked by good taste and propriety |
| Romanticism | A philosophical movement which emphasizes emotional self-awareness |
| Esoteric | Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest |
| Sophism | A fallacious argument, especially one used deliberately to deceive |
| Chagrin | Distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated |
| Reader Response Theory | A school of literary theory that focuses on the reader and their experience/feelings of a literary work |
| Literary Naturalism | 19th century fiction based on scientific objectivity in its portrayal of human beings as products of heredity & environment |
| Transcendentalism | A philosophical movement based on idealism, nature, and a personal knowledge of God |
| A priori | Reasoning or knowledge from theoretical deduction rather than empirical data |
| A posteriori | Reasoning or knowledge from applying empirical data to predict something |
| Disinterested | Not influenced by considerations of personal advantage |
| Uninterested | Not interested or concerned about something or someone else |
| Platonic (capitalized) | Relating to Plato or Platonism |
| platonic (lowercase) | An intimate relationship without romance or sex |
| Pique | Feeling irritation or anger caused by damaged pride or feelings |
| Picaresque | A first person narrative, of a usually low born main character, and their adventures through a corrupt society |
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