Test your basic knowledge |

AP Tone And Style Vocab

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Involving short narratives of interesting events






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






3. Inclined to represent things as they really are






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






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






6. Persuasive - believable - plausible






7. Involving letters






8. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths






9. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous






10. Having the qualities of a motion picture






11. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned






12. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality






13. Pretentious and pompous






14. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic






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






16. Strict or severe in matters or morality






17. Sophisticated - socially polished






18. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts






19. In the style of an earlier period






20. Conspicuously bold or colorful






21. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation






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






23. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism






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






25. Having the characteristics of a dream






26. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected






27. Characterized by personal admissions of faults






28. Having two or more possible meanings






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






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






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






32. Learned - scholarly






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






34. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Using very few words to express a great deal






44. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions






45. 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)






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






47. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental






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






49. Soft - delicate - unmanly






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