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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. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Victorian
Ironic
Lyrical
Fatalistic
2. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Elegiac
Puritanical
Banal
Poetical
3. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Urbane
Detached
Sensuous
Colloquial
4. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Discursive
Satirical
Bombastic
Journalistic
5. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Prurient
Ironic
Victorian
Stark
6. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Ambiguous
Satirical
Sardonic
Metaphorical
7. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Flamboyant
Rhythmic
Metaphorical
Puritanical
8. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Parody
Persuasive
Psychological
Naturalistic
9. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Facetious
Abstract
Anecdotal
Emotional
10. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Expressionistic
Subjective
Absurd
Pious
11. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Cinematic
Whimsical
Analytical
Archaic
12. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Analytical
Prurient
Mundane
Convincing
13. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Epistolary
Naturalistic
Cynical
Rhythmic
14. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Pious
Angry
Mundane
Affected
15. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Bizarre
Archaic
Facetious
Trite
16. 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)
Parody
Banal
Naturalistic
Cinematic
17. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Objective
Earthy
Victorian
Convoluted
18. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Sensuous
Poetical
Pompous
Mundane
19. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Comic
Banal
Ominous
Convoluted
20. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Earthy
Baroque
Bombastic
Evocative
21. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Psychological
Nostalgic
Irreverent
Comic
22. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Prurient
Confessional
Austere
Detached
23. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Mundane
Classical
Expressionistic
Ambiguous
24. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Romantic
Objective
Surrealistic
Expressionistic
25. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Comic
Satirical
Bombastic
Archaic
26. In the style of an earlier period
Abstract
Dreamlike
Archaic
Sensuous
27. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Analytical
Expressionistic
Absurd
Iconoclastic
28. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Earthy
Realistic
Surrealistic
Depressing
29. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Stark
Journalistic
Emotional
Baroque
30. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Analytical
Psychological
Lyrical
Absurd
31. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Decadent
Romantic
Persuasive
Angry
32. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Analytical
Poetical
Journalistic
Primitive
33. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Primitive
Erudite
Flamboyant
Expressionistic
34. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Eulogistic
Facetious
Surrealistic
Dreamlike
35. Much given to strong feelings
Psychological
Bizarre
Childish
Emotional
36. Flowing smoothly
Poetical
Fluid
Surrealistic
Erudite
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
Breezy
Romantic
Anecdotal
Discursive
38. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Irreverent
Absurd
Wordy
Victorian
39. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Trite
Cinematic
Lyrical
Metaphorical
40. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Absurd
Farcical
Whimsical
Elegiac
41. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Childish
Fluid
Lyrical
Detached
42. Resentful - enraged
Facetious
Nostalgic
Bizarre
Angry
43. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Prurient
Trite
Sardonic
Affected
44. Learned - scholarly
Bland
Journalistic
Erudite
Ambiguous
45. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Impressionistic
Austere
Eulogistic
Wordy
46. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Fatalistic
Flamboyant
Detached
Concise
47. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Confessional
Pompous
Impressionistic
Decadent
48. Sophisticated - socially polished
Urbane
Prurient
Depressing
Crepuscular
49. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Realistic
Sensuous
Cinematic
Mundane
50. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Depressing
Ironic
Iconoclastic
Colloquial