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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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english
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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. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Cynical
Decadent
Sardonic
Banal
2. 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
Romantic
Cynical
Classical
Puritanical
3. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Confessional
Baroque
Primitive
Objective
4. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Fatalistic
Lyrical
Pompous
Terse
5. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Erudite
Concise
Ominous
Facetious
6. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Bizarre
Ambiguous
Impressionistic
Affected
7. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Psychological
Austere
Angry
Childish
8. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Cynical
Expressionistic
Whimsical
Childish
9. Involving letters
Epistolary
Baroque
Fatalistic
Realistic
10. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Fluid
Romantic
Pious
Eulogistic
11. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Urbane
Discursive
Evocative
Crepuscular
12. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Psychological
Rhythmic
Ambiguous
Persuasive
13. Pretentious and pompous
Banal
Bombastic
Facetious
Poetical
14. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Impressionistic
Facetious
Objective
Trite
15. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Pompous
Ironic
Wordy
Depressing
16. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Rhythmic
Bombastic
Victorian
Confessional
17. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Subjective
Ironic
Wordy
Trite
18. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Pious
Iconoclastic
Terse
Realistic
19. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Ironic
Banal
Fluid
Epistolary
20. Pointless and uninteresting
Decadent
Parody
Puritanical
Banal
21. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Detached
Sensuous
Decadent
Baroque
22. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Epistolary
Persuasive
Decadent
Metaphorical
23. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Surrealistic
Discursive
Bland
Impressionistic
24. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Evocative
Parody
Prurient
Absurd
25. 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)
Ominous
Wordy
Parody
Expressionistic
26. Effectively concise - brief
Ominous
Terse
Puritanical
Sensuous
27. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Evocative
Colloquial
Comic
Puritanical
28. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Satirical
Colloquial
Effeminate
Banal
29. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Earthy
Objective
Expressionistic
Romantic
30. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Iconoclastic
Ironic
Anecdotal
Eulogistic
31. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Concise
Angry
Depressing
Anecdotal
32. Flowing smoothly
Poetical
Fluid
Effeminate
Persuasive
33. Unusually strange or odd
Pious
Ambiguous
Bizarre
Farcical
34. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Breezy
Eulogistic
Cynical
Comic
35. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Erudite
Poetical
Depressing
Breezy
36. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Analytical
Pompous
Erudite
Primitive
37. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Epistolary
Convincing
Ironic
Concise
38. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Evocative
Childish
Sardonic
Convoluted
39. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Evocative
Decadent
Bombastic
Naturalistic
40. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Iconoclastic
Baroque
Facetious
Pious
41. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Comic
Classical
Decadent
Expressionistic
42. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Analytical
Impressionistic
Journalistic
Concise
43. Using very few words to express a great deal
Dreamlike
Concise
Lyrical
Abstract
44. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Baroque
Iconoclastic
Whimsical
Impressionistic
45. Having two or more possible meanings
Childish
Ambiguous
Fatalistic
Convoluted
46. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Rhythmic
Earthy
Archaic
Naturalistic
47. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Nostalgic
Terse
Breezy
Metaphorical
48. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Prurient
Cynical
Archaic
Whimsical
49. Much given to strong feelings
Confessional
Psychological
Parody
Emotional
50. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Austere
Crepuscular
Fatalistic
Mournful