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AP Tone And Style Vocab

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow






2. Characterized by personal admissions of faults






3. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality






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






5. In the style of an earlier period






6. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial






7. Pointless and uninteresting






8. Intense - spontaneous - musical






9. 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)






10. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts






11. Using very few words to express a great deal






12. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others






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






14. Much given to strong feelings






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






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






17. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)






18. Conspicuously bold or colorful






19. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say






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






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






22. Learned - scholarly






23. Flowing smoothly






24. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images






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






26. Persuasive - believable - plausible






27. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic






28. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation






29. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous






30. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting






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






32. Inclined to represent things as they really are






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






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






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






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






37. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling






38. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective






46. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods






47. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned






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






49. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended






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