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AP Tone And Style Vocab

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Using very few words to express a great deal






2. Strict or severe in matters or morality






3. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental






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






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






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






7. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others






8. Theoretical - without reference to specifics






9. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected






10. Conspicuously bold or colorful






11. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures






12. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful






13. Soft - delicate - unmanly






14. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)






15. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling






16. Learned - scholarly






17. Involving letters






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






19. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions






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






21. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting






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






23. Pretentious and pompous






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






25. Much given to strong feelings






26. Expressing contempt or disdain






27. Intense - spontaneous - musical






28. Unusually strange or odd






29. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic






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






31. Having two or more possible meanings






32. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions






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






34. Effectively concise - brief






35. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature






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






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






38. Having the qualities of a motion picture






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






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






41. In the style of an earlier period






42. Having the characteristics of a dream






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






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






45. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters






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






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






48. Inclined to represent things as they really are






49. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize






50. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)







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