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AP Tone And Style Vocab

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual






2. Effectively concise - brief






3. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected






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






5. Expressing contempt or disdain






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






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






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






9. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental






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






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






12. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation






13. Unusually strange or odd






14. Much given to strong feelings






15. Pretentious and pompous






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






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






18. Involving letters






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






20. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature






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






22. Strict or severe in matters or morality






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






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






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






26. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism






27. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures






28. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting






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






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






31. Resentful - enraged






32. Learned - scholarly






33. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned






34. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality






35. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others






36. Having two or more possible meanings






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






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






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






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






41. Pointless and uninteresting






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






43. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic






44. Characterized by personal admissions of faults






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






46. In the style of an earlier period






47. 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






48. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous






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






50. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions