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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. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Objective
Realistic
Primitive
Ambiguous
2. Much given to strong feelings
Emotional
Farcical
Cinematic
Facetious
3. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Ironic
Concise
Decadent
Stark
4. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Absurd
Concise
Farcical
Prurient
5. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Flamboyant
Cinematic
Decadent
Poetical
6. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Farcical
Archaic
Convoluted
Lyrical
7. Having the characteristics of a dream
Concise
Colloquial
Dreamlike
Detached
8. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Bombastic
Objective
Pompous
Philosophical
9. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Naturalistic
Effeminate
Abstract
Surrealistic
10. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Crepuscular
Whimsical
Colloquial
Parody
11. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Fatalistic
Absurd
Philosophical
Mundane
12. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Cinematic
Rhythmic
Terse
Eulogistic
13. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Victorian
Colloquial
Romantic
Iconoclastic
14. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Victorian
Detached
Sensuous
Expressionistic
15. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Wordy
Analytical
Colloquial
Angry
16. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Bland
Discursive
Comic
Romantic
17. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Earthy
Detached
Contemptuous
Wordy
18. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Classical
Comic
Iconoclastic
Fluid
19. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Sensuous
Earthy
Iconoclastic
Prurient
20. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Ironic
Impressionistic
Absurd
Abstract
21. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Breezy
Metaphorical
Concise
Cynical
22. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Cinematic
Surrealistic
Analytical
Whimsical
23. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Childish
Affected
Naturalistic
Ambiguous
24. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Discursive
Pious
Ambiguous
Facetious
25. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Sardonic
Satirical
Objective
Metaphorical
26. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Journalistic
Trite
Ironic
Angry
27. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Parody
Crepuscular
Rhythmic
Bombastic
28. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Absurd
Farcical
Pompous
Crepuscular
29. Pointless and uninteresting
Victorian
Urbane
Realistic
Banal
30. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Fatalistic
Irreverent
Crepuscular
Affected
31. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Pious
Prurient
Cynical
Sardonic
32. Having two or more possible meanings
Poetical
Classical
Cynical
Ambiguous
33. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Subjective
Effeminate
Irreverent
Bland
34. Sophisticated - socially polished
Bizarre
Mournful
Urbane
Absurd
35. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Elegiac
Earthy
Expressionistic
Anecdotal
36. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Psychological
Trite
Eulogistic
Stark
37. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Poetical
Expressionistic
Sardonic
Austere
38. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Cynical
Affected
Mournful
Cinematic
39. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Banal
Nostalgic
Stark
Analytical
40. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Rhythmic
Urbane
Austere
Angry
41. Pretentious and pompous
Prurient
Abstract
Cynical
Bombastic
42. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Irreverent
Metaphorical
Austere
Prurient
43. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Discursive
Austere
Concise
Fatalistic
44. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Rhythmic
Urbane
Colloquial
Primitive
45. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Crepuscular
Ominous
Mournful
Abstract
46. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Philosophical
Whimsical
Objective
Effeminate
47. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Affected
Poetical
Abstract
Baroque
48. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Romantic
Persuasive
Iconoclastic
Facetious
49. Unusually strange or odd
Whimsical
Bizarre
Effeminate
Decadent
50. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Confessional
Metaphorical
Whimsical
Ominous