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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. Flowing smoothly
Fluid
Irreverent
Archaic
Puritanical
2. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Urbane
Lyrical
Victorian
Poetical
3. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Convincing
Impressionistic
Earthy
Psychological
4. Resentful - enraged
Impressionistic
Romantic
Terse
Angry
5. Having the characteristics of a dream
Dreamlike
Earthy
Facetious
Absurd
6. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Rhythmic
Poetical
Objective
Puritanical
7. Effectively concise - brief
Terse
Sardonic
Crepuscular
Primitive
8. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Ironic
Banal
Expressionistic
Bombastic
9. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Bland
Sardonic
Analytical
Metaphorical
10. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Terse
Fatalistic
Convoluted
Convincing
11. Learned - scholarly
Erudite
Breezy
Surrealistic
Concise
12. Involving letters
Breezy
Terse
Epistolary
Sensuous
13. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Objective
Colloquial
Lyrical
Irreverent
14. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Analytical
Decadent
Cinematic
Angry
15. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Wordy
Parody
Subjective
Decadent
16. Expressing contempt or disdain
Contemptuous
Victorian
Convoluted
Cinematic
17. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Subjective
Depressing
Detached
Metaphorical
18. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Wordy
Concise
Ambiguous
Earthy
19. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Facetious
Fluid
Austere
Convoluted
20. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Cynical
Victorian
Rhythmic
Poetical
21. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Ominous
Ironic
Stark
Fatalistic
22. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Trite
Terse
Emotional
Absurd
23. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Earthy
Naturalistic
Whimsical
Depressing
24. Having two or more possible meanings
Ambiguous
Irreverent
Bland
Subjective
25. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Convoluted
Eulogistic
Elegiac
Realistic
26. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Evocative
Journalistic
Cynical
Classical
27. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Sardonic
Discursive
Journalistic
Expressionistic
28. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Metaphorical
Baroque
Objective
Epistolary
29. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Puritanical
Farcical
Crepuscular
Elegiac
30. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Primitive
Sensuous
Poetical
Naturalistic
31. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Earthy
Philosophical
Evocative
Trite
32. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Classical
Archaic
Affected
Metaphorical
33. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Farcical
Mournful
Elegiac
Rhythmic
34. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Erudite
Archaic
Objective
Satirical
35. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Lyrical
Detached
Surrealistic
Sensuous
36. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Eulogistic
Sensuous
Parody
Absurd
37. 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
Crepuscular
Pompous
Romantic
Puritanical
38. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Parody
Contemptuous
Ominous
Abstract
39. 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)
Detached
Parody
Bizarre
Realistic
40. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Elegiac
Earthy
Psychological
Decadent
41. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Bombastic
Confessional
Archaic
Primitive
42. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Facetious
Realistic
Crepuscular
Satirical
43. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Realistic
Comic
Naturalistic
Cinematic
44. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Anecdotal
Objective
Sardonic
Bombastic
45. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Bland
Depressing
Cynical
Archaic
46. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Absurd
Confessional
Baroque
Nostalgic
47. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Philosophical
Realistic
Austere
Journalistic
48. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Romantic
Iconoclastic
Erudite
Ominous
49. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Convoluted
Eulogistic
Banal
Expressionistic
50. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Bland
Absurd
Childish
Surrealistic