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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. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Colloquial
Confessional
Journalistic
Bizarre
2. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Surrealistic
Earthy
Whimsical
Nostalgic
3. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Impressionistic
Mournful
Flamboyant
Epistolary
4. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Discursive
Contemptuous
Sensuous
Earthy
5. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Sardonic
Decadent
Philosophical
Parody
6. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Primitive
Satirical
Baroque
Comic
7. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Archaic
Discursive
Irreverent
Ambiguous
8. Having the characteristics of a dream
Austere
Terse
Dreamlike
Psychological
9. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Pompous
Cynical
Psychological
Parody
10. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Pious
Ironic
Colloquial
Banal
11. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Discursive
Pious
Ominous
Rhythmic
12. Learned - scholarly
Erudite
Decadent
Expressionistic
Mournful
13. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Prurient
Urbane
Expressionistic
Surrealistic
14. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Sensuous
Angry
Bland
Trite
15. Pointless and uninteresting
Sardonic
Angry
Banal
Detached
16. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Earthy
Nostalgic
Comic
Dreamlike
17. Expressing contempt or disdain
Cinematic
Breezy
Contemptuous
Objective
18. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Realistic
Bombastic
Rhythmic
Anecdotal
19. Having two or more possible meanings
Dreamlike
Comic
Philosophical
Ambiguous
20. Resentful - enraged
Angry
Evocative
Crepuscular
Irreverent
21. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Rhythmic
Childish
Convoluted
Ominous
22. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Abstract
Absurd
Romantic
Stark
23. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Satirical
Pompous
Impressionistic
Bizarre
24. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Archaic
Fatalistic
Farcical
Cinematic
25. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Bland
Urbane
Poetical
Convincing
26. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Primitive
Concise
Persuasive
Metaphorical
27. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Objective
Detached
Pompous
Whimsical
28. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Flamboyant
Psychological
Facetious
Prurient
29. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Irreverent
Objective
Effeminate
Earthy
30. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Terse
Confessional
Journalistic
Analytical
31. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Confessional
Nostalgic
Pompous
Absurd
32. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Concise
Cinematic
Bombastic
Realistic
33. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Emotional
Parody
Contemptuous
Crepuscular
34. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Affected
Convincing
Sardonic
Wordy
35. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Facetious
Abstract
Archaic
Rhythmic
36. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Rhythmic
Decadent
Ambiguous
Expressionistic
37. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Iconoclastic
Emotional
Decadent
Pompous
38. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Evocative
Convoluted
Realistic
Victorian
39. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Ominous
Pompous
Persuasive
Bombastic
40. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Urbane
Mundane
Depressing
Realistic
41. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Analytical
Philosophical
Fluid
Victorian
42. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Baroque
Decadent
Ominous
Convoluted
43. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Mournful
Emotional
Classical
Satirical
44. Sophisticated - socially polished
Absurd
Surrealistic
Farcical
Urbane
45. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Farcical
Bizarre
Nostalgic
Primitive
46. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Childish
Objective
Ironic
Metaphorical
47. In the style of an earlier period
Analytical
Archaic
Philosophical
Victorian
48. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Mundane
Effeminate
Affected
Archaic
49. Much given to strong feelings
Emotional
Detached
Breezy
Evocative
50. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Banal
Absurd
Depressing
Ominous