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






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






3. Using very few words to express a great deal






4. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts






5. Resentful - enraged






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






7. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality






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






9. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental






10. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)






11. Intense - spontaneous - musical






12. Conspicuously bold or colorful






13. Having two or more possible meanings






14. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming






15. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others






16. Unusually strange or odd






17. Learned - scholarly






18. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism






19. Involving short narratives of interesting events






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






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






22. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable






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






24. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality






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






26. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling






27. Inclined to represent things as they really are






28. Involving letters






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






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






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






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






33. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts






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






35. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned






36. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation






37. Soft - delicate - unmanly






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






39. Pointless and uninteresting






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






41. Much given to strong feelings






42. Pretentious and pompous






43. Having the characteristics of a dream






44. In the style of an earlier period






45. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature






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






47. Persuasive - believable - plausible






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






49. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial






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