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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. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Comic
Facetious
Convincing
Discursive
2. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Naturalistic
Cynical
Abstract
Sardonic
3. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Absurd
Puritanical
Irreverent
Austere
4. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Expressionistic
Eulogistic
Breezy
Poetical
5. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Impressionistic
Victorian
Convincing
Colloquial
6. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Contemptuous
Irreverent
Concise
Evocative
7. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Expressionistic
Eulogistic
Crepuscular
Angry
8. Learned - scholarly
Naturalistic
Erudite
Austere
Philosophical
9. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Terse
Cinematic
Ironic
Surrealistic
10. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Abstract
Lyrical
Expressionistic
Convincing
11. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Objective
Pompous
Poetical
Fatalistic
12. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Baroque
Mundane
Surrealistic
Philosophical
13. Having two or more possible meanings
Urbane
Expressionistic
Absurd
Ambiguous
14. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Absurd
Puritanical
Mundane
Bombastic
15. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Fluid
Metaphorical
Expressionistic
Stark
16. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Austere
Farcical
Anecdotal
Iconoclastic
17. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Ironic
Wordy
Austere
Childish
18. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Bombastic
Fatalistic
Comic
Archaic
19. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Psychological
Cynical
Erudite
Victorian
20. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Surrealistic
Impressionistic
Psychological
Metaphorical
21. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Decadent
Flamboyant
Rhythmic
Lyrical
22. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Satirical
Bland
Victorian
Facetious
23. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Depressing
Prurient
Analytical
Concise
24. In the style of an earlier period
Analytical
Abstract
Archaic
Erudite
25. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Affected
Trite
Convincing
Breezy
26. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Primitive
Abstract
Nostalgic
Trite
27. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Evocative
Contemptuous
Naturalistic
Journalistic
28. Flowing smoothly
Fluid
Detached
Parody
Objective
29. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Psychological
Metaphorical
Impressionistic
Austere
30. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Persuasive
Parody
Victorian
Stark
31. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Journalistic
Mundane
Effeminate
Analytical
32. Expressing contempt or disdain
Rhythmic
Contemptuous
Concise
Philosophical
33. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Pious
Ironic
Evocative
Primitive
34. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Colloquial
Cinematic
Classical
Baroque
35. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Flamboyant
Fatalistic
Cinematic
Ominous
36. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Evocative
Colloquial
Farcical
Irreverent
37. Pretentious and pompous
Decadent
Bombastic
Abstract
Nostalgic
38. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Mournful
Romantic
Evocative
Nostalgic
39. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Trite
Fluid
Contemptuous
Whimsical
40. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Surrealistic
Flamboyant
Journalistic
Farcical
41. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Elegiac
Wordy
Classical
Mournful
42. 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
Parody
Banal
Romantic
Eulogistic
43. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Poetical
Sensuous
Detached
Romantic
44. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Objective
Iconoclastic
Convoluted
Detached
45. 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
Metaphorical
Discursive
Sardonic
46. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Romantic
Sardonic
Convincing
Sensuous
47. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Facetious
Comic
Primitive
Bombastic
48. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Ironic
Baroque
Dreamlike
Metaphorical
49. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Sensuous
Decadent
Mournful
Bombastic
50. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Crepuscular
Philosophical
Naturalistic
Stark