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AP Tone And Style Vocab

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Intense - spontaneous - musical






2. Pretentious and pompous






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






4. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered






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






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






7. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim






8. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful






9. Effectively concise - brief






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






11. Expressing contempt or disdain






12. Persuasive - believable - plausible






13. Conspicuously bold or colorful






14. Characterized by personal admissions of faults






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






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






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






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






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






20. Using very few words to express a great deal






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






22. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality






23. In the style of an earlier period






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






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






26. Resentful - enraged






27. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)






28. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others






29. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions






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






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






32. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation






33. 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)






34. Sophisticated - socially polished






35. Inclined to represent things as they really are






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






37. Involving short narratives of interesting events






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






39. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned






40. Pointless and uninteresting






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






42. Unusually strange or odd






43. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting






44. Soft - delicate - unmanly






45. Learned - scholarly






46. Theoretical - without reference to specifics






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






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






49. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')






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