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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. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Erudite
Depressing
Flamboyant
Sensuous
2. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Concise
Classical
Cinematic
Evocative
3. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Prurient
Terse
Pious
Erudite
4. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Iconoclastic
Mournful
Primitive
Comic
5. Involving letters
Iconoclastic
Psychological
Epistolary
Victorian
6. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Pompous
Absurd
Expressionistic
Erudite
7. Pointless and uninteresting
Discursive
Banal
Iconoclastic
Austere
8. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Contemptuous
Wordy
Surrealistic
Childish
9. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Trite
Elegiac
Primitive
Concise
10. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Psychological
Objective
Bland
Rhythmic
11. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Absurd
Ironic
Journalistic
Mournful
12. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Primitive
Impressionistic
Fatalistic
Irreverent
13. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Mournful
Breezy
Parody
Angry
14. Resentful - enraged
Angry
Satirical
Comic
Analytical
15. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Iconoclastic
Lyrical
Earthy
Expressionistic
16. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Convoluted
Impressionistic
Ambiguous
Naturalistic
17. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Expressionistic
Puritanical
Decadent
Impressionistic
18. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Poetical
Sensuous
Fluid
Victorian
19. Having the characteristics of a dream
Epistolary
Ominous
Dreamlike
Poetical
20. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Mundane
Detached
Fluid
Depressing
21. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Affected
Expressionistic
Confessional
Banal
22. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Primitive
Contemptuous
Facetious
Anecdotal
23. Pretentious and pompous
Mundane
Detached
Bombastic
Concise
24. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Pious
Erudite
Analytical
Convoluted
25. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Convincing
Angry
Cinematic
Psychological
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)
Affected
Parody
Psychological
Emotional
27. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Persuasive
Bombastic
Decadent
Classical
28. Learned - scholarly
Austere
Erudite
Rhythmic
Philosophical
29. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Pious
Bland
Rhythmic
Sardonic
30. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Lyrical
Erudite
Fatalistic
Mundane
31. Having two or more possible meanings
Evocative
Fluid
Irreverent
Ambiguous
32. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Stark
Cynical
Realistic
Impressionistic
33. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Analytical
Surrealistic
Expressionistic
Concise
34. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Irreverent
Angry
Poetical
Comic
35. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Detached
Victorian
Satirical
Trite
36. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Emotional
Crepuscular
Primitive
Sardonic
37. Sophisticated - socially polished
Classical
Bombastic
Urbane
Dreamlike
38. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Stark
Subjective
Austere
Whimsical
39. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Convincing
Eulogistic
Crepuscular
Urbane
40. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Urbane
Evocative
Detached
Discursive
41. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Subjective
Elegiac
Persuasive
Puritanical
42. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Flamboyant
Baroque
Breezy
Philosophical
43. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Affected
Irreverent
Evocative
Crepuscular
44. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Analytical
Ambiguous
Stark
Realistic
45. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Ironic
Crepuscular
Farcical
Lyrical
46. Much given to strong feelings
Convoluted
Childish
Emotional
Mournful
47. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Pompous
Impressionistic
Poetical
Breezy
48. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Bland
Archaic
Crepuscular
Persuasive
49. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Prurient
Irreverent
Whimsical
Romantic
50. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Emotional
Primitive
Mundane
Prurient