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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Convincing
Prurient
Sensuous
Comic
2. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Lyrical
Impressionistic
Ambiguous
Colloquial
3. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Lyrical
Bland
Cinematic
Convincing
4. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Anecdotal
Ominous
Facetious
Affected
5. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Bombastic
Analytical
Expressionistic
Confessional
6. Pointless and uninteresting
Facetious
Puritanical
Banal
Anecdotal
7. Much given to strong feelings
Emotional
Discursive
Abstract
Effeminate
8. Flowing smoothly
Childish
Decadent
Fluid
Erudite
9. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Fatalistic
Mundane
Breezy
Psychological
10. Having two or more possible meanings
Ambiguous
Journalistic
Discursive
Concise
11. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Satirical
Persuasive
Stark
Objective
12. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Objective
Farcical
Affected
Colloquial
13. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Contemptuous
Comic
Romantic
Nostalgic
14. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Irreverent
Epistolary
Pompous
Lyrical
15. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Austere
Naturalistic
Pompous
Discursive
16. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Farcical
Whimsical
Expressionistic
Fatalistic
17. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Fatalistic
Anecdotal
Irreverent
Objective
18. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Depressing
Wordy
Evocative
Victorian
19. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Cinematic
Detached
Facetious
Baroque
20. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Concise
Childish
Realistic
Ironic
21. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Subjective
Iconoclastic
Surrealistic
Metaphorical
22. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Analytical
Farcical
Surrealistic
Bizarre
23. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Evocative
Contemptuous
Satirical
Cynical
24. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Satirical
Classical
Wordy
Metaphorical
25. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Journalistic
Detached
Dreamlike
Satirical
26. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Sensuous
Puritanical
Philosophical
Mundane
27. 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
Comic
Romantic
Trite
Archaic
28. Sophisticated - socially polished
Evocative
Impressionistic
Persuasive
Urbane
29. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Prurient
Angry
Convoluted
Sardonic
30. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Breezy
Psychological
Surrealistic
Effeminate
31. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Absurd
Archaic
Ominous
Austere
32. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Sensuous
Urbane
Absurd
Fatalistic
33. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Journalistic
Discursive
Objective
Expressionistic
34. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Banal
Trite
Sensuous
Rhythmic
35. Resentful - enraged
Affected
Bizarre
Angry
Concise
36. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Banal
Objective
Sensuous
Irreverent
37. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Parody
Contemptuous
Convincing
Colloquial
38. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Contemptuous
Pompous
Bizarre
Iconoclastic
39. Learned - scholarly
Wordy
Austere
Erudite
Farcical
40. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Angry
Flamboyant
Crepuscular
Epistolary
41. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Primitive
Contemptuous
Facetious
Depressing
42. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Earthy
Nostalgic
Rhythmic
Baroque
43. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Subjective
Erudite
Archaic
Mournful
44. Using very few words to express a great deal
Ambiguous
Concise
Comic
Cynical
45. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Facetious
Convoluted
Pompous
Lyrical
46. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Breezy
Discursive
Victorian
Evocative
47. Involving letters
Pious
Discursive
Epistolary
Wordy
48. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Colloquial
Absurd
Confessional
Psychological
49. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Philosophical
Contemptuous
Iconoclastic
Crepuscular
50. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Baroque
Journalistic
Lyrical
Fatalistic