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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Classical
Absurd
Crepuscular
Sardonic
2. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Surrealistic
Terse
Mundane
Earthy
3. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Breezy
Trite
Comic
Bland
4. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Psychological
Journalistic
Effeminate
Cynical
5. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Satirical
Erudite
Terse
Fatalistic
6. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Pious
Eulogistic
Stark
Decadent
7. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Journalistic
Iconoclastic
Objective
Fatalistic
8. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Wordy
Classical
Satirical
Mundane
9. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Effeminate
Whimsical
Terse
Metaphorical
10. Sophisticated - socially polished
Surrealistic
Lyrical
Urbane
Epistolary
11. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Decadent
Cinematic
Urbane
Pious
12. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Pompous
Effeminate
Lyrical
Subjective
13. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Angry
Evocative
Banal
Surrealistic
14. Flowing smoothly
Pious
Cinematic
Concise
Fluid
15. Effectively concise - brief
Pompous
Terse
Primitive
Abstract
16. 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
Ominous
Detached
Romantic
Primitive
17. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Convoluted
Crepuscular
Persuasive
Classical
18. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Naturalistic
Impressionistic
Flamboyant
Analytical
19. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Psychological
Facetious
Pious
Puritanical
20. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Baroque
Psychological
Decadent
Absurd
21. Pointless and uninteresting
Poetical
Crepuscular
Banal
Nostalgic
22. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Depressing
Sardonic
Austere
Ironic
23. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Depressing
Primitive
Expressionistic
Urbane
24. Expressing contempt or disdain
Classical
Subjective
Contemptuous
Detached
25. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Nostalgic
Epistolary
Prurient
Concise
26. 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)
Poetical
Ominous
Urbane
Parody
27. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Banal
Abstract
Cynical
Earthy
28. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Cinematic
Persuasive
Analytical
Contemptuous
29. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Convoluted
Colloquial
Depressing
Emotional
30. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Confessional
Primitive
Psychological
Breezy
31. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Dreamlike
Ominous
Detached
Colloquial
32. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Sensuous
Ironic
Prurient
Ambiguous
33. Involving letters
Primitive
Fluid
Epistolary
Analytical
34. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Naturalistic
Abstract
Austere
Trite
35. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Whimsical
Breezy
Ambiguous
Irreverent
36. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Confessional
Anecdotal
Childish
Banal
37. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Pious
Angry
Philosophical
Fatalistic
38. Unusually strange or odd
Bizarre
Sardonic
Victorian
Discursive
39. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Wordy
Philosophical
Primitive
Childish
40. Much given to strong feelings
Depressing
Emotional
Affected
Primitive
41. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Pompous
Contemptuous
Effeminate
Farcical
42. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Depressing
Mournful
Archaic
Realistic
43. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Abstract
Sensuous
Rhythmic
Romantic
44. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Dreamlike
Victorian
Puritanical
Facetious
45. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Convincing
Analytical
Angry
Baroque
46. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Bizarre
Prurient
Stark
Ominous
47. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Affected
Irreverent
Iconoclastic
Absurd
48. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Analytical
Ironic
Contemptuous
Primitive
49. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Fatalistic
Bombastic
Primitive
Analytical
50. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Rhythmic
Whimsical
Farcical
Mournful