Vocabulary for the College-Bound A.P. English Language and Composition Test 2 - Review

Building Vocabulary Through Central Ideas - Exercises Covered Exercise 3.1: Synonyms Exercise 3.2: Unrelated Words Exercise 3.3: Concise Writing Exercise 3.4: Brainteasers Exercise 3.5: Sentence Completion Exercise 3.7: Analogies**

Analogies – Common Relationships These next sections describe the eleven most common analogy relationships. Type 1: Type Of SOCCER:SPORT:: You saw one like this before, remember? Soccer is a type of sport. Here's another example: JAYWALK:MISDEMEANOR:: Jaywalk is a type of misdemeanor, or minor crime. Type 2: Definition PROCRASTINATOR:DELAY:: A procrastinator is someone who delays. Or you could say, delay is what a procrastinator does.

Whatever order you use for the stem words is the order you must use for each of the choices. Type 3: Opposites STARVATION:BINGEING:: Starvation is the opposite of bingeing. Type 4: Lack Of PAUPER:MONEY:: A pauper lacks money. The first word lacks the second word. Type 5: Same PERSUASIVE:CONVINCING:: Someone who is persuasive is also convincing; the two words are synonyms

Type 6: Extremes HOT:SCALDING:: The second word is the extreme of the first word. Type 7: Part to Whole PLATOON:SOLDIER:: The second word is part of the first word. Type 8: Use GILLS:BREATHING:: Gills are used for breathing. The first word is used for the purpose of the second word. Type 9: Place DESERT:OASIS:: The second word is located in the first word.

Type 10: Sign Of SNARL:ANGER:: The first word is a sign of the second word. Type 11: Job-Related Pairs SURGERY:INCISION:: An incision is performed in surgery. The second word is something that is done during the first word. SCALPEL:SURGERY:: A scalpel — which is a doctor's cutting tool — is used in surgery. The first word is a tool used for doing the second word. CONSTRUCTION:CARPENTER:: The second word is someone who performs the first word.

Group 1 – Joy, Pleasure Which ones are familiar? Bliss Blissful Blithe Buoy Buoyant Complacency Complacent Convivial Conviviality Delectable Ecstasy Ecstatic Elated Elation Frolic Frolicsome Gala Jocund Jubilant Jubilation

Group 2 – Sadness Which ones are familiar? Ascetic Chagrin Chagrined Compunction Contrite Contrition Dejected Dejection Disconsolate Disgruntled Doleful Glum Lament Lamentable Maudlin Nostalgia Nostalgic Pathetic Pathos Pensive Plight Poignant Sullen Throes Tribulation

Group 3 – Stoutness Which ones are familiar? Burly Buxom Cherubic Obese Obesity Pudgy

Group 4 – Thinness Which ones are familiar? Attenuate Emaciated Haggard Lank Svelte

Group 5 – Flattery Which ones are familiar? Adulation Blandishment Cajole Cajolery Curry (favor) Fulsome Ingratiate Lackey Obsequious Sycophant Truckle

Apply What You’ve Learned Synonyms Unrelated Words Concise Writing** Brainteasers Sentence Completion Composition (not on the tests) Analogies

Vocab Test 2 You will have the entire period to complete the test. Answer all the questions to the best of your ability. The test must be completed individually. The test answers will become available for review when all students have completed the test.