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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Rhythmic
Trite
Mundane
Pompous
2. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Depressing
Sardonic
Classical
Epistolary
3. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Journalistic
Anecdotal
Confessional
Bland
4. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Pompous
Fluid
Farcical
Sensuous
5. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Facetious
Nostalgic
Whimsical
Bombastic
6. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Discursive
Irreverent
Nostalgic
Objective
7. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Contemptuous
Expressionistic
Breezy
Iconoclastic
8. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Confessional
Facetious
Victorian
Cinematic
9. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Mundane
Confessional
Terse
Subjective
10. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Objective
Discursive
Trite
Baroque
11. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Primitive
Ambiguous
Surrealistic
Wordy
12. In the style of an earlier period
Contemptuous
Bland
Archaic
Cinematic
13. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Urbane
Nostalgic
Classical
Surrealistic
14. Learned - scholarly
Analytical
Stark
Primitive
Erudite
15. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Convincing
Effeminate
Depressing
Surrealistic
16. Using very few words to express a great deal
Decadent
Concise
Comic
Satirical
17. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Detached
Philosophical
Whimsical
Contemptuous
18. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Affected
Eulogistic
Wordy
Metaphorical
19. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Stark
Effeminate
Confessional
Bland
20. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Sensuous
Satirical
Sardonic
Realistic
21. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Crepuscular
Analytical
Cinematic
Fluid
22. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Parody
Subjective
Nostalgic
Pompous
23. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Archaic
Elegiac
Irreverent
Contemptuous
24. 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
Crepuscular
Analytical
Anecdotal
Romantic
25. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Flamboyant
Convincing
Naturalistic
Elegiac
26. 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)
Parody
Epistolary
Facetious
Sensuous
27. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Impressionistic
Lyrical
Farcical
Bombastic
28. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Crepuscular
Flamboyant
Naturalistic
Mournful
29. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Iconoclastic
Bombastic
Affected
Sardonic
30. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Convoluted
Absurd
Discursive
Facetious
31. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Concise
Fatalistic
Expressionistic
Subjective
32. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Eulogistic
Detached
Bizarre
Prurient
33. Pretentious and pompous
Prurient
Bombastic
Cynical
Journalistic
34. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Trite
Childish
Philosophical
Urbane
35. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Psychological
Rhythmic
Austere
Cynical
36. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Emotional
Sardonic
Psychological
Persuasive
37. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Rhythmic
Angry
Iconoclastic
Decadent
38. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Naturalistic
Breezy
Comic
Angry
39. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Ominous
Eulogistic
Fatalistic
Persuasive
40. Resentful - enraged
Childish
Angry
Confessional
Lyrical
41. Sophisticated - socially polished
Urbane
Baroque
Farcical
Terse
42. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Contemptuous
Ambiguous
Bombastic
Flamboyant
43. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Fatalistic
Evocative
Metaphorical
Contemptuous
44. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Epistolary
Trite
Dreamlike
Nostalgic
45. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Banal
Archaic
Decadent
Impressionistic
46. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Evocative
Primitive
Concise
Mundane
47. Having the characteristics of a dream
Dreamlike
Discursive
Erudite
Iconoclastic
48. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Austere
Nostalgic
Discursive
Emotional
49. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Decadent
Rhythmic
Surrealistic
Mundane
50. Pointless and uninteresting
Farcical
Confessional
Banal
Evocative