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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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1. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Poetical
Convoluted
Prurient
Rhythmic
2. In the style of an earlier period
Archaic
Victorian
Sardonic
Epistolary
3. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Sardonic
Childish
Bizarre
Breezy
4. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Nostalgic
Convincing
Detached
Expressionistic
5. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Epistolary
Angry
Farcical
Lyrical
6. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Discursive
Contemptuous
Ominous
Convoluted
7. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Classical
Naturalistic
Metaphorical
Whimsical
8. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Crepuscular
Poetical
Breezy
Bland
9. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Concise
Fatalistic
Puritanical
Absurd
10. Expressing contempt or disdain
Ironic
Contemptuous
Terse
Mournful
11. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Convincing
Urbane
Prurient
Confessional
12. Resentful - enraged
Angry
Metaphorical
Prurient
Crepuscular
13. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Bombastic
Decadent
Analytical
Colloquial
14. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Bizarre
Absurd
Discursive
Whimsical
15. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Ambiguous
Trite
Urbane
Decadent
16. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Angry
Facetious
Discursive
Comic
17. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Pompous
Naturalistic
Psychological
Ironic
18. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Fluid
Elegiac
Psychological
Persuasive
19. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Cynical
Facetious
Sensuous
Absurd
20. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Contemptuous
Evocative
Lyrical
Concise
21. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Concise
Baroque
Epistolary
Rhythmic
22. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Rhythmic
Absurd
Trite
Mournful
23. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Archaic
Mundane
Anecdotal
Confessional
24. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Earthy
Metaphorical
Cinematic
Stark
25. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Surrealistic
Whimsical
Effeminate
Fluid
26. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Convincing
Philosophical
Rhythmic
Mournful
27. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Romantic
Urbane
Objective
Wordy
28. Flowing smoothly
Fluid
Depressing
Terse
Objective
29. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Irreverent
Epistolary
Childish
Comic
30. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Sardonic
Colloquial
Whimsical
Puritanical
31. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Prurient
Lyrical
Puritanical
Ironic
32. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Nostalgic
Analytical
Puritanical
Stark
33. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Lyrical
Bizarre
Sensuous
Detached
34. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Mundane
Detached
Abstract
Pious
35. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Psychological
Impressionistic
Confessional
Depressing
36. Effectively concise - brief
Ironic
Bombastic
Terse
Flamboyant
37. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Baroque
Poetical
Nostalgic
Sensuous
38. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Prurient
Terse
Ambiguous
Eulogistic
39. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Earthy
Childish
Contemptuous
Expressionistic
40. Pretentious and pompous
Depressing
Baroque
Bombastic
Irreverent
41. Learned - scholarly
Affected
Convoluted
Erudite
Eulogistic
42. 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)
Realistic
Contemptuous
Pious
Parody
43. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Dreamlike
Ironic
Epistolary
Naturalistic
44. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Depressing
Metaphorical
Classical
Philosophical
45. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Subjective
Pious
Evocative
Satirical
46. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Flamboyant
Rhythmic
Archaic
Persuasive
47. Using very few words to express a great deal
Concise
Earthy
Prurient
Pompous
48. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Psychological
Childish
Epistolary
Pompous
49. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Pious
Surrealistic
Metaphorical
Banal
50. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Metaphorical
Decadent
Detached
Emotional
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