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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Flowing smoothly
Detached
Fluid
Ambiguous
Naturalistic
2. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Evocative
Ambiguous
Bombastic
Absurd
3. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Discursive
Ominous
Wordy
Elegiac
4. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Cinematic
Objective
Convincing
Metaphorical
5. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Erudite
Confessional
Archaic
Primitive
6. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Romantic
Pompous
Sensuous
Convincing
7. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Irreverent
Mundane
Detached
Elegiac
8. Pointless and uninteresting
Iconoclastic
Banal
Classical
Bombastic
9. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Mundane
Ominous
Wordy
Impressionistic
10. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Eulogistic
Erudite
Anecdotal
Victorian
11. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Poetical
Effeminate
Satirical
Metaphorical
12. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Stark
Objective
Nostalgic
Poetical
13. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Breezy
Stark
Colloquial
Convincing
14. Much given to strong feelings
Emotional
Convincing
Childish
Ominous
15. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Prurient
Puritanical
Stark
Terse
16. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Dreamlike
Iconoclastic
Impressionistic
Bland
17. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Archaic
Subjective
Lyrical
Satirical
18. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Comic
Contemptuous
Facetious
Prurient
19. Involving letters
Analytical
Epistolary
Journalistic
Subjective
20. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Victorian
Detached
Fluid
Puritanical
21. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Ambiguous
Whimsical
Bombastic
Discursive
22. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Expressionistic
Fatalistic
Absurd
Parody
23. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Bombastic
Convincing
Romantic
Decadent
24. 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)
Fluid
Mundane
Iconoclastic
Parody
25. 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
Ambiguous
Romantic
Cinematic
Psychological
26. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Nostalgic
Satirical
Bizarre
Comic
27. Pretentious and pompous
Cinematic
Farcical
Bombastic
Puritanical
28. Expressing contempt or disdain
Contemptuous
Eulogistic
Expressionistic
Impressionistic
29. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Depressing
Whimsical
Impressionistic
Anecdotal
30. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Mournful
Affected
Trite
Puritanical
31. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Ironic
Discursive
Epistolary
Sensuous
32. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Breezy
Comic
Epistolary
Abstract
33. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Terse
Abstract
Convoluted
Whimsical
34. In the style of an earlier period
Romantic
Sardonic
Absurd
Archaic
35. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Surrealistic
Sensuous
Ironic
Baroque
36. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Parody
Romantic
Earthy
Austere
37. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Depressing
Anecdotal
Subjective
Ominous
38. Unusually strange or odd
Bizarre
Sensuous
Banal
Convincing
39. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Whimsical
Eulogistic
Poetical
Effeminate
40. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Comic
Analytical
Objective
Parody
41. Effectively concise - brief
Breezy
Terse
Anecdotal
Subjective
42. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Pious
Cinematic
Earthy
Realistic
43. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Pious
Psychological
Wordy
Angry
44. Using very few words to express a great deal
Romantic
Urbane
Childish
Concise
45. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Angry
Affected
Realistic
Ironic
46. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Persuasive
Sardonic
Poetical
Anecdotal
47. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Angry
Subjective
Banal
Affected
48. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Ambiguous
Trite
Eulogistic
Abstract
49. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Poetical
Austere
Convoluted
Flamboyant
50. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Poetical
Prurient
Earthy
Sensuous