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AP Tone And Style Vocab

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial






2. Inclined to represent things as they really are






3. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental






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






5. Pretentious and pompous






6. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)






7. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling






8. Characterized by personal admissions of faults






9. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting






10. Resentful - enraged






11. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous






12. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths






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






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






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






16. Having the characteristics of a dream






17. Intense - spontaneous - musical






18. In the style of an earlier period






19. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism






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






21. Having two or more possible meanings






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






23. Effectively concise - brief






24. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual






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






26. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions






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






28. Learned - scholarly






29. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively






30. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous






31. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)






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






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






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






35. Persuasive - believable - plausible






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






37. Strict or severe in matters or morality






38. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental






39. Conspicuously bold or colorful






40. Pointless and uninteresting






41. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others






42. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation






43. Involving letters






44. Flowing smoothly






45. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly






46. Involving short narratives of interesting events






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






48. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality






49. Using very few words to express a great deal






50. Soft - delicate - unmanly