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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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english
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vocabulary
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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. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Abstract
Journalistic
Erudite
Mournful
2. Having two or more possible meanings
Archaic
Wordy
Ambiguous
Evocative
3. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Evocative
Angry
Cynical
Effeminate
4. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Fatalistic
Surrealistic
Depressing
Ominous
5. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Expressionistic
Breezy
Fatalistic
Contemptuous
6. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Convincing
Confessional
Subjective
Eulogistic
7. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Rhythmic
Eulogistic
Ironic
Victorian
8. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Pious
Angry
Childish
Affected
9. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Stark
Ironic
Farcical
Whimsical
10. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Confessional
Bizarre
Fluid
Philosophical
11. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Psychological
Pious
Affected
Primitive
12. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Subjective
Classical
Journalistic
Evocative
13. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Detached
Absurd
Elegiac
Decadent
14. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Elegiac
Erudite
Baroque
Mournful
15. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Realistic
Whimsical
Convoluted
Poetical
16. Effectively concise - brief
Terse
Depressing
Fatalistic
Surrealistic
17. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Ominous
Cinematic
Crepuscular
Discursive
18. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Epistolary
Colloquial
Affected
Decadent
19. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Sardonic
Urbane
Analytical
Persuasive
20. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Whimsical
Metaphorical
Satirical
Prurient
21. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Eulogistic
Satirical
Crepuscular
Flamboyant
22. Using very few words to express a great deal
Subjective
Bombastic
Concise
Affected
23. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Austere
Farcical
Mundane
Persuasive
24. 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
Stark
Romantic
Concise
Wordy
25. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Effeminate
Angry
Baroque
Subjective
26. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Concise
Effeminate
Stark
Satirical
27. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Journalistic
Crepuscular
Ambiguous
Rhythmic
28. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Anecdotal
Irreverent
Prurient
Classical
29. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Classical
Farcical
Austere
Psychological
30. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Psychological
Confessional
Wordy
Pious
31. Involving letters
Contemptuous
Epistolary
Discursive
Sensuous
32. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Whimsical
Bizarre
Cinematic
Discursive
33. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Sardonic
Objective
Nostalgic
Angry
34. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Surrealistic
Poetical
Comic
Breezy
35. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Stark
Mundane
Objective
Satirical
36. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Convincing
Flamboyant
Parody
Urbane
37. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Evocative
Wordy
Flamboyant
Parody
38. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Objective
Depressing
Rhythmic
Iconoclastic
39. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Elegiac
Eulogistic
Depressing
Philosophical
40. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Trite
Classical
Subjective
Iconoclastic
41. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Romantic
Poetical
Absurd
Journalistic
42. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Austere
Pious
Naturalistic
Objective
43. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Dreamlike
Convoluted
Ominous
Elegiac
44. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Confessional
Wordy
Colloquial
Puritanical
45. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Childish
Cynical
Affected
Detached
46. Expressing contempt or disdain
Mournful
Fatalistic
Convincing
Contemptuous
47. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Cinematic
Surrealistic
Convincing
Stark
48. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Satirical
Puritanical
Analytical
Affected
49. Having the characteristics of a dream
Banal
Dreamlike
Mundane
Trite
50. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Earthy
Eulogistic
Irreverent
Expressionistic