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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. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Persuasive
Classical
Emotional
Fatalistic
2. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Analytical
Psychological
Naturalistic
Pompous
3. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Archaic
Psychological
Persuasive
Whimsical
4. Having two or more possible meanings
Childish
Parody
Convoluted
Ambiguous
5. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Affected
Austere
Ambiguous
Absurd
6. Effectively concise - brief
Emotional
Convoluted
Discursive
Terse
7. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Absurd
Earthy
Convoluted
Effeminate
8. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Austere
Bombastic
Mournful
Realistic
9. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Austere
Terse
Depressing
Farcical
10. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Breezy
Crepuscular
Farcical
Rhythmic
11. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Depressing
Wordy
Subjective
Lyrical
12. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Convoluted
Ambiguous
Mundane
Poetical
13. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Cinematic
Trite
Poetical
Emotional
14. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Mournful
Classical
Fluid
Expressionistic
15. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Discursive
Facetious
Naturalistic
Crepuscular
16. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Mundane
Puritanical
Persuasive
Discursive
17. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Angry
Surrealistic
Rhythmic
Naturalistic
18. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Banal
Classical
Bombastic
Analytical
19. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Confessional
Colloquial
Metaphorical
Naturalistic
20. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Journalistic
Discursive
Absurd
Iconoclastic
21. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Evocative
Bland
Cynical
Sensuous
22. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Effeminate
Iconoclastic
Bland
Ironic
23. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Primitive
Crepuscular
Colloquial
Anecdotal
24. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Baroque
Facetious
Poetical
Primitive
25. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Earthy
Elegiac
Archaic
Irreverent
26. Expressing contempt or disdain
Detached
Contemptuous
Persuasive
Anecdotal
27. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Flamboyant
Subjective
Detached
Bizarre
28. 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)
Fatalistic
Rhythmic
Discursive
Parody
29. Pointless and uninteresting
Banal
Mournful
Bizarre
Wordy
30. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Sardonic
Bizarre
Satirical
Fatalistic
31. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Bombastic
Confessional
Wordy
Eulogistic
32. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Flamboyant
Bland
Rhythmic
Victorian
33. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Irreverent
Romantic
Victorian
Surrealistic
34. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Comic
Sardonic
Crepuscular
Effeminate
35. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Psychological
Realistic
Romantic
Mournful
36. Sophisticated - socially polished
Journalistic
Urbane
Pompous
Satirical
37. Flowing smoothly
Urbane
Fluid
Lyrical
Depressing
38. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Ironic
Philosophical
Rhythmic
Farcical
39. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Flamboyant
Persuasive
Objective
Eulogistic
40. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Ambiguous
Childish
Sensuous
Concise
41. In the style of an earlier period
Detached
Victorian
Absurd
Archaic
42. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Classical
Facetious
Metaphorical
Mundane
43. Using very few words to express a great deal
Decadent
Concise
Classical
Contemptuous
44. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Primitive
Wordy
Pompous
Abstract
45. Pretentious and pompous
Decadent
Bombastic
Ambiguous
Eulogistic
46. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Dreamlike
Analytical
Pious
Ambiguous
47. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Convincing
Discursive
Classical
Fatalistic
48. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Poetical
Epistolary
Ominous
Primitive
49. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Baroque
Confessional
Expressionistic
Psychological
50. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Baroque
Dreamlike
Facetious
Metaphorical