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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. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Objective
Banal
Whimsical
Earthy
2. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Sardonic
Baroque
Earthy
Epistolary
3. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Mundane
Stark
Convoluted
Farcical
4. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Bland
Confessional
Breezy
Ominous
5. Expressing contempt or disdain
Flamboyant
Naturalistic
Concise
Contemptuous
6. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Whimsical
Mundane
Prurient
Stark
7. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Expressionistic
Puritanical
Impressionistic
Terse
8. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Detached
Bombastic
Surrealistic
Erudite
9. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Mundane
Terse
Nostalgic
Parody
10. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Bland
Convincing
Pompous
Satirical
11. 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
Epistolary
Analytical
Romantic
Confessional
12. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Concise
Pious
Dreamlike
Victorian
13. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Anecdotal
Colloquial
Psychological
Puritanical
14. Resentful - enraged
Facetious
Angry
Urbane
Dreamlike
15. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Convincing
Childish
Bombastic
Archaic
16. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Pompous
Childish
Persuasive
Classical
17. Flowing smoothly
Irreverent
Ominous
Objective
Fluid
18. Much given to strong feelings
Naturalistic
Bizarre
Emotional
Banal
19. Having the characteristics of a dream
Banal
Whimsical
Dreamlike
Journalistic
20. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Fluid
Persuasive
Ironic
Irreverent
21. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Convoluted
Classical
Satirical
Baroque
22. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Anecdotal
Sensuous
Trite
Affected
23. Effectively concise - brief
Ironic
Terse
Wordy
Mournful
24. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Sensuous
Convincing
Stark
Irreverent
25. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Puritanical
Persuasive
Victorian
Ironic
26. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Psychological
Fatalistic
Detached
Facetious
27. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Impressionistic
Concise
Breezy
Affected
28. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Confessional
Victorian
Metaphorical
Wordy
29. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Sardonic
Subjective
Surrealistic
Puritanical
30. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Colloquial
Ominous
Objective
Childish
31. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Eulogistic
Poetical
Affected
Bizarre
32. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Colloquial
Mournful
Analytical
Abstract
33. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Bland
Farcical
Effeminate
Journalistic
34. In the style of an earlier period
Primitive
Urbane
Dreamlike
Archaic
35. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Romantic
Childish
Sensuous
Pompous
36. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Ominous
Nostalgic
Objective
Romantic
37. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Austere
Urbane
Ambiguous
Detached
38. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Flamboyant
Persuasive
Comic
Discursive
39. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Austere
Absurd
Analytical
Sensuous
40. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Confessional
Crepuscular
Sensuous
Cynical
41. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Satirical
Impressionistic
Stark
Absurd
42. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Iconoclastic
Sensuous
Effeminate
Colloquial
43. Involving letters
Epistolary
Realistic
Erudite
Flamboyant
44. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Analytical
Colloquial
Bizarre
Breezy
45. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Erudite
Metaphorical
Ironic
Evocative
46. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Convincing
Decadent
Epistolary
Subjective
47. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Stark
Rhythmic
Expressionistic
Analytical
48. Unusually strange or odd
Sensuous
Bizarre
Satirical
Sardonic
49. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Bland
Elegiac
Whimsical
Eulogistic
50. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Ambiguous
Emotional
Romantic
Lyrical