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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. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Cinematic
Lyrical
Absurd
Eulogistic
2. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Impressionistic
Pompous
Ironic
Realistic
3. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Rhythmic
Emotional
Baroque
Flamboyant
4. Learned - scholarly
Affected
Terse
Irreverent
Erudite
5. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Childish
Discursive
Subjective
Primitive
6. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Convincing
Elegiac
Realistic
Objective
7. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Bombastic
Poetical
Dreamlike
Stark
8. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Elegiac
Expressionistic
Urbane
Surrealistic
9. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Convoluted
Sardonic
Ambiguous
Fatalistic
10. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Cynical
Irreverent
Comic
Elegiac
11. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Depressing
Epistolary
Flamboyant
Discursive
12. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Nostalgic
Philosophical
Sardonic
Mournful
13. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Elegiac
Primitive
Prurient
Psychological
14. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Parody
Fluid
Primitive
Mournful
15. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Abstract
Bombastic
Puritanical
Contemptuous
16. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Confessional
Farcical
Classical
Sensuous
17. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Prurient
Expressionistic
Bland
Colloquial
18. Flowing smoothly
Philosophical
Fluid
Convincing
Parody
19. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Pompous
Sensuous
Ambiguous
Cinematic
20. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Concise
Crepuscular
Satirical
Trite
21. Effectively concise - brief
Affected
Iconoclastic
Naturalistic
Terse
22. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Mournful
Wordy
Anecdotal
Fluid
23. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Affected
Stark
Expressionistic
Fluid
24. 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)
Parody
Earthy
Terse
Evocative
25. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Farcical
Erudite
Dreamlike
Bland
26. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Absurd
Evocative
Flamboyant
Decadent
27. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Detached
Puritanical
Fluid
Childish
28. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Archaic
Objective
Primitive
Irreverent
29. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Romantic
Cynical
Mundane
Lyrical
30. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Elegiac
Naturalistic
Ironic
Archaic
31. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Flamboyant
Poetical
Discursive
Persuasive
32. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Naturalistic
Ironic
Ominous
Comic
33. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Lyrical
Childish
Victorian
Sensuous
34. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Pompous
Analytical
Wordy
Effeminate
35. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Impressionistic
Fatalistic
Comic
Absurd
36. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Elegiac
Persuasive
Irreverent
Concise
37. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Mournful
Earthy
Naturalistic
Pious
38. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Contemptuous
Metaphorical
Austere
Flamboyant
39. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Puritanical
Earthy
Childish
Comic
40. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Ironic
Discursive
Fluid
Eulogistic
41. Pretentious and pompous
Trite
Epistolary
Bombastic
Irreverent
42. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Depressing
Satirical
Wordy
Archaic
43. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Pompous
Cynical
Nostalgic
Iconoclastic
44. Expressing contempt or disdain
Naturalistic
Baroque
Contemptuous
Fatalistic
45. Having the characteristics of a dream
Satirical
Colloquial
Romantic
Dreamlike
46. 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
Earthy
Affected
Romantic
Pompous
47. Much given to strong feelings
Baroque
Colloquial
Fluid
Emotional
48. Having two or more possible meanings
Iconoclastic
Ambiguous
Primitive
Absurd
49. Pointless and uninteresting
Decadent
Subjective
Contemptuous
Banal
50. Using very few words to express a great deal
Concise
Fluid
Abstract
Metaphorical