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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Fluid
Archaic
Realistic
Satirical
2. Using very few words to express a great deal
Cynical
Concise
Stark
Pious
3. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Fatalistic
Ironic
Irreverent
Confessional
4. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Mundane
Abstract
Irreverent
Breezy
5. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Fatalistic
Epistolary
Classical
Wordy
6. Expressing contempt or disdain
Contemptuous
Journalistic
Urbane
Cinematic
7. Much given to strong feelings
Surrealistic
Emotional
Poetical
Naturalistic
8. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Confessional
Pious
Sensuous
Analytical
9. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Impressionistic
Nostalgic
Ominous
Expressionistic
10. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Anecdotal
Contemptuous
Angry
Absurd
11. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Prurient
Whimsical
Colloquial
Banal
12. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Bombastic
Detached
Decadent
Childish
13. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Poetical
Farcical
Classical
Convincing
14. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Anecdotal
Concise
Banal
Effeminate
15. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Surrealistic
Expressionistic
Iconoclastic
Metaphorical
16. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Ironic
Earthy
Farcical
Pious
17. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Depressing
Impressionistic
Confessional
Metaphorical
18. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Cinematic
Subjective
Austere
Sensuous
19. Involving letters
Philosophical
Victorian
Facetious
Epistolary
20. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Bizarre
Detached
Analytical
Dreamlike
21. Resentful - enraged
Angry
Irreverent
Puritanical
Primitive
22. 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
Evocative
Crepuscular
Romantic
Cinematic
23. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Prurient
Wordy
Contemptuous
Philosophical
24. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Breezy
Epistolary
Bland
Ambiguous
25. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Fluid
Absurd
Decadent
Nostalgic
26. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Analytical
Poetical
Primitive
Crepuscular
27. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Erudite
Confessional
Sensuous
Evocative
28. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Subjective
Realistic
Bland
Trite
29. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Realistic
Mundane
Impressionistic
Earthy
30. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Primitive
Earthy
Mundane
Sensuous
31. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Facetious
Eulogistic
Effeminate
Baroque
32. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Persuasive
Trite
Ominous
Cynical
33. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Angry
Journalistic
Rhythmic
Psychological
34. Having two or more possible meanings
Ambiguous
Persuasive
Romantic
Sensuous
35. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Analytical
Convoluted
Emotional
Iconoclastic
36. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Mournful
Urbane
Classical
Cynical
37. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Classical
Surrealistic
Decadent
Stark
38. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Wordy
Convincing
Flamboyant
Stark
39. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Abstract
Dreamlike
Nostalgic
Expressionistic
40. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Anecdotal
Epistolary
Wordy
Persuasive
41. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Discursive
Journalistic
Realistic
Iconoclastic
42. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Metaphorical
Erudite
Sensuous
Detached
43. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Facetious
Decadent
Contemptuous
Sardonic
44. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Psychological
Facetious
Anecdotal
Elegiac
45. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Childish
Pious
Facetious
Sardonic
46. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Philosophical
Affected
Fatalistic
Mournful
47. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Abstract
Dreamlike
Concise
Realistic
48. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Elegiac
Depressing
Impressionistic
Baroque
49. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Classical
Pious
Angry
Subjective
50. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Surrealistic
Farcical
Romantic
Stark