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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Nostalgic
Bizarre
Abstract
Detached
2. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Comic
Victorian
Primitive
Abstract
3. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Pious
Victorian
Erudite
Fatalistic
4. Resentful - enraged
Erudite
Confessional
Ominous
Angry
5. Having the characteristics of a dream
Cynical
Discursive
Dreamlike
Prurient
6. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Lyrical
Childish
Objective
Colloquial
7. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Contemptuous
Sensuous
Breezy
Childish
8. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Sensuous
Urbane
Convoluted
Decadent
9. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Objective
Realistic
Mournful
Effeminate
10. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Whimsical
Absurd
Cynical
Nostalgic
11. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Persuasive
Ambiguous
Realistic
Pious
12. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Urbane
Stark
Eulogistic
Metaphorical
13. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Objective
Fluid
Facetious
Epistolary
14. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Concise
Farcical
Nostalgic
Anecdotal
15. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Elegiac
Eulogistic
Epistolary
Expressionistic
16. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Crepuscular
Surrealistic
Effeminate
Realistic
17. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Lyrical
Convincing
Persuasive
Puritanical
18. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Farcical
Parody
Poetical
Stark
19. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Fluid
Philosophical
Elegiac
Effeminate
20. Learned - scholarly
Childish
Victorian
Confessional
Erudite
21. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Cinematic
Surrealistic
Ambiguous
Mundane
22. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Abstract
Naturalistic
Nostalgic
Convincing
23. 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
Naturalistic
Rhythmic
Puritanical
24. Effectively concise - brief
Ambiguous
Terse
Cinematic
Erudite
25. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Cynical
Baroque
Whimsical
Discursive
26. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Prurient
Banal
Confessional
Colloquial
27. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Mournful
Effeminate
Iconoclastic
Expressionistic
28. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Analytical
Angry
Baroque
Pious
29. Pointless and uninteresting
Surrealistic
Banal
Satirical
Expressionistic
30. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Facetious
Absurd
Concise
Farcical
31. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Persuasive
Dreamlike
Satirical
Mundane
32. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Pious
Persuasive
Iconoclastic
Naturalistic
33. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Elegiac
Baroque
Affected
Fluid
34. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Rhythmic
Naturalistic
Ominous
Victorian
35. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Realistic
Rhythmic
Effeminate
Convoluted
36. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Banal
Terse
Impressionistic
Mournful
37. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Anecdotal
Effeminate
Crepuscular
Sardonic
38. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Austere
Anecdotal
Wordy
Metaphorical
39. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Journalistic
Analytical
Subjective
Mournful
40. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Nostalgic
Decadent
Poetical
Eulogistic
41. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Baroque
Metaphorical
Eulogistic
Comic
42. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Banal
Austere
Ironic
Baroque
43. Having two or more possible meanings
Breezy
Ambiguous
Elegiac
Analytical
44. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Trite
Sensuous
Breezy
Analytical
45. Expressing contempt or disdain
Fluid
Farcical
Surrealistic
Contemptuous
46. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Concise
Analytical
Rhythmic
Bland
47. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Stark
Psychological
Eulogistic
Austere
48. Flowing smoothly
Banal
Fluid
Realistic
Lyrical
49. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Journalistic
Ironic
Prurient
Sardonic
50. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Mundane
Whimsical
Dreamlike
Ominous