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AP Tone And Style Vocab

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths






2. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively






3. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)






4. Pretentious and pompous






5. Pointless and uninteresting






6. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images






7. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic






8. Sophisticated - socially polished






9. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration






10. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous






11. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting






12. Expressing contempt or disdain






13. Resentful - enraged






14. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices






15. Soft - delicate - unmanly






16. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)






17. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say






18. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming






19. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered






20. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions






21. Unusually strange or odd






22. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective






23. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous






24. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly






25. Having the qualities of a motion picture






26. Having two or more possible meanings






27. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental






28. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)






29. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions






30. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature






31. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)






32. Conspicuously bold or colorful






33. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental






34. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful






35. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')






36. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow






37. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable






38. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)






39. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism






40. Involving short narratives of interesting events






41. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality






42. In the style of an earlier period






43. Using very few words to express a great deal






44. Inclined to represent things as they really are






45. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses






46. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)






47. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)






48. Effectively concise - brief






49. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended






50. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior