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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Surrealistic
Satirical
Analytical
Cinematic
2. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Classical
Expressionistic
Subjective
Puritanical
3. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Journalistic
Erudite
Fatalistic
Wordy
4. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Decadent
Erudite
Facetious
Evocative
5. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Angry
Persuasive
Discursive
Farcical
6. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Urbane
Objective
Confessional
Eulogistic
7. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Realistic
Earthy
Eulogistic
Philosophical
8. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Sensuous
Erudite
Elegiac
Romantic
9. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Ambiguous
Mundane
Crepuscular
Convincing
10. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Expressionistic
Depressing
Whimsical
Farcical
11. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Metaphorical
Lyrical
Sardonic
Terse
12. Unusually strange or odd
Bizarre
Iconoclastic
Decadent
Pompous
13. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Mundane
Eulogistic
Fluid
Erudite
14. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Decadent
Baroque
Stark
Subjective
15. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Austere
Terse
Pious
Depressing
16. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Victorian
Convincing
Austere
Wordy
17. Effectively concise - brief
Terse
Erudite
Impressionistic
Prurient
18. Much given to strong feelings
Emotional
Naturalistic
Colloquial
Lyrical
19. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Trite
Impressionistic
Convincing
Stark
20. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Subjective
Analytical
Affected
Banal
21. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Flamboyant
Affected
Expressionistic
Fluid
22. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Analytical
Earthy
Stark
Trite
23. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Earthy
Affected
Nostalgic
Metaphorical
24. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Archaic
Decadent
Angry
Crepuscular
25. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Bizarre
Trite
Epistolary
Parody
26. Pretentious and pompous
Sardonic
Impressionistic
Bombastic
Cinematic
27. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Mournful
Rhythmic
Discursive
Austere
28. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Archaic
Fluid
Absurd
Persuasive
29. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Facetious
Rhythmic
Stark
Crepuscular
30. Resentful - enraged
Trite
Decadent
Angry
Journalistic
31. Expressing contempt or disdain
Sardonic
Trite
Contemptuous
Baroque
32. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Eulogistic
Childish
Confessional
Discursive
33. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Rhythmic
Effeminate
Colloquial
Romantic
34. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Detached
Nostalgic
Naturalistic
Mundane
35. 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
Austere
Evocative
Mundane
36. Flowing smoothly
Psychological
Fatalistic
Fluid
Surrealistic
37. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Victorian
Prurient
Bizarre
Romantic
38. Having two or more possible meanings
Subjective
Ambiguous
Prurient
Bizarre
39. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Wordy
Depressing
Ominous
Detached
40. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Primitive
Evocative
Wordy
Philosophical
41. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Banal
Iconoclastic
Erudite
Classical
42. Having the characteristics of a dream
Terse
Effeminate
Dreamlike
Cynical
43. Pointless and uninteresting
Ominous
Banal
Convincing
Irreverent
44. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Sardonic
Philosophical
Epistolary
Classical
45. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Wordy
Pious
Objective
Bland
46. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Anecdotal
Colloquial
Primitive
Sardonic
47. In the style of an earlier period
Terse
Elegiac
Ominous
Archaic
48. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Eulogistic
Anecdotal
Classical
Cynical
49. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Anecdotal
Surrealistic
Ambiguous
Lyrical
50. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Fatalistic
Concise
Detached
Comic