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AP Tone And Style Vocab

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial






2. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental






3. Sophisticated - socially polished






4. Learned - scholarly






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






6. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts






7. Having the qualities of a motion picture






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






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






10. Intense - spontaneous - musical






11. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned






12. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods






13. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead






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






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






16. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards






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






18. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic






19. Characterized by personal admissions of faults






20. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)






21. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize






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






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






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






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






26. In the style of an earlier period






27. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable






28. Having the characteristics of a dream






29. Strict or severe in matters or morality






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






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






32. Soft - delicate - unmanly






33. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful






34. 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






35. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters






36. Conspicuously bold or colorful






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






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






39. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality






40. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism






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






42. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual






43. Pretentious and pompous






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






45. Expressing contempt or disdain






46. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality






47. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions






48. Having two or more possible meanings






49. Using very few words to express a great deal






50. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)