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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. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Lyrical
Psychological
Comic
Bizarre
2. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Puritanical
Discursive
Sensuous
Fatalistic
3. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Parody
Earthy
Contemptuous
Terse
4. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Discursive
Romantic
Realistic
Baroque
5. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Subjective
Childish
Erudite
Detached
6. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Fatalistic
Depressing
Journalistic
Baroque
7. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Satirical
Prurient
Facetious
Subjective
8. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Breezy
Comic
Angry
Convincing
9. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Romantic
Facetious
Subjective
Naturalistic
10. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Absurd
Ambiguous
Rhythmic
Affected
11. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Comic
Impressionistic
Subjective
Dreamlike
12. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Decadent
Farcical
Facetious
Analytical
13. Learned - scholarly
Flamboyant
Erudite
Absurd
Journalistic
14. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Primitive
Absurd
Flamboyant
Naturalistic
15. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Flamboyant
Farcical
Romantic
Dreamlike
16. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Irreverent
Decadent
Convincing
Eulogistic
17. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Pious
Mundane
Evocative
Poetical
18. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Bizarre
Baroque
Effeminate
Terse
19. Using very few words to express a great deal
Effeminate
Convincing
Classical
Concise
20. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Rhythmic
Wordy
Contemptuous
Surrealistic
21. Sophisticated - socially polished
Flamboyant
Urbane
Baroque
Satirical
22. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Nostalgic
Cynical
Austere
Depressing
23. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Mundane
Colloquial
Epistolary
Parody
24. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Angry
Stark
Iconoclastic
Elegiac
25. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Persuasive
Romantic
Childish
Decadent
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)
Breezy
Parody
Poetical
Satirical
27. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Evocative
Bland
Cinematic
Classical
28. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Bombastic
Farcical
Fatalistic
Mundane
29. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Fluid
Sensuous
Satirical
Ironic
30. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Pious
Effeminate
Journalistic
Analytical
31. Having two or more possible meanings
Abstract
Realistic
Ambiguous
Farcical
32. Much given to strong feelings
Concise
Emotional
Sensuous
Discursive
33. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Naturalistic
Terse
Decadent
Sensuous
34. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Pious
Naturalistic
Persuasive
Victorian
35. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Irreverent
Ironic
Confessional
Surrealistic
36. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Archaic
Cinematic
Convincing
Evocative
37. 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
Bizarre
Analytical
Sensuous
Romantic
38. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Effeminate
Bizarre
Affected
Lyrical
39. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Primitive
Prurient
Rhythmic
Crepuscular
40. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Rhythmic
Lyrical
Nostalgic
Detached
41. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Expressionistic
Epistolary
Prurient
Fluid
42. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Pious
Angry
Trite
Impressionistic
43. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Impressionistic
Puritanical
Philosophical
Persuasive
44. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Victorian
Nostalgic
Naturalistic
Absurd
45. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Detached
Crepuscular
Flamboyant
Elegiac
46. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Satirical
Objective
Anecdotal
Irreverent
47. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Stark
Philosophical
Bizarre
Trite
48. Unusually strange or odd
Philosophical
Bizarre
Metaphorical
Irreverent
49. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Nostalgic
Childish
Fatalistic
Stark
50. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Impressionistic
Absurd
Farcical
Wordy