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AP Tone And Style Vocab

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)






2. Theoretical - without reference to specifics






3. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered






4. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead






5. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)






6. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses






7. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)






8. Learned - scholarly






9. Having the qualities of a motion picture






10. Persuasive - believable - plausible






11. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively






12. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality






13. Having two or more possible meanings






14. Strict or severe in matters or morality






15. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature






16. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration






17. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)






18. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual






19. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior






20. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths






21. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)






22. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly






23. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts






24. In the style of an earlier period






25. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial






26. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions






27. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality






28. Flowing smoothly






29. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality






30. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices






31. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')






32. Expressing contempt or disdain






33. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)






34. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental






35. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming






36. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation






37. Pretentious and pompous






38. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental






39. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful






40. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism






41. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)






42. Having feelings or thoughts of love - but when associated with nineteenth century literature or any such literature it suggests a style that emphasizes freedom of form - imagination - and emotion






43. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected






44. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)






45. A satirical imitation of something serious - such as a comic takeoff of Romeo and Juliet (the parody must have enough elements of the original for it to be recognized)






46. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic






47. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous






48. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow






49. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards






50. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim