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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 very few words to express a great deal
Philosophical
Terse
Romantic
Concise
2. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Fatalistic
Trite
Eulogistic
Realistic
3. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Rhythmic
Mournful
Colloquial
Convincing
4. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Sensuous
Facetious
Banal
Lyrical
5. 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
Fatalistic
Objective
Romantic
Poetical
6. Pretentious and pompous
Bombastic
Convincing
Sardonic
Depressing
7. Pointless and uninteresting
Concise
Banal
Stark
Romantic
8. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Fatalistic
Classical
Subjective
Iconoclastic
9. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Pompous
Subjective
Ironic
Expressionistic
10. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Subjective
Irreverent
Whimsical
Abstract
11. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Surrealistic
Objective
Poetical
Ironic
12. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Bizarre
Rhythmic
Affected
Confessional
13. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Sensuous
Convoluted
Irreverent
Metaphorical
14. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Subjective
Bland
Expressionistic
Colloquial
15. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Victorian
Pious
Absurd
Persuasive
16. Much given to strong feelings
Emotional
Romantic
Ominous
Colloquial
17. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Lyrical
Ominous
Austere
Nostalgic
18. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Nostalgic
Primitive
Rhythmic
Emotional
19. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Evocative
Puritanical
Decadent
Farcical
20. Having two or more possible meanings
Sardonic
Stark
Ambiguous
Anecdotal
21. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Abstract
Cynical
Fluid
Whimsical
22. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Poetical
Banal
Naturalistic
Nostalgic
23. Flowing smoothly
Banal
Fluid
Bombastic
Anecdotal
24. Learned - scholarly
Satirical
Convoluted
Colloquial
Erudite
25. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Metaphorical
Crepuscular
Austere
Facetious
26. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Objective
Elegiac
Realistic
Irreverent
27. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Expressionistic
Sensuous
Psychological
Classical
28. Expressing contempt or disdain
Terse
Contemptuous
Lyrical
Angry
29. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Naturalistic
Journalistic
Objective
Discursive
30. Having the characteristics of a dream
Dreamlike
Anecdotal
Depressing
Ambiguous
31. Effectively concise - brief
Convincing
Cinematic
Discursive
Terse
32. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Whimsical
Metaphorical
Bizarre
Concise
33. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Poetical
Comic
Impressionistic
Stark
34. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Banal
Sensuous
Puritanical
Metaphorical
35. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Convoluted
Fatalistic
Colloquial
Anecdotal
36. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Irreverent
Effeminate
Convincing
Earthy
37. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Elegiac
Decadent
Wordy
Sensuous
38. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Ambiguous
Farcical
Depressing
Baroque
39. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Detached
Subjective
Realistic
Victorian
40. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Detached
Erudite
Metaphorical
Sensuous
41. In the style of an earlier period
Whimsical
Colloquial
Puritanical
Archaic
42. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Satirical
Banal
Discursive
Persuasive
43. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Victorian
Prurient
Cinematic
Cynical
44. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Comic
Philosophical
Flamboyant
Bland
45. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Confessional
Baroque
Wordy
Romantic
46. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Fatalistic
Banal
Evocative
Depressing
47. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Banal
Anecdotal
Erudite
Analytical
48. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Terse
Stark
Confessional
Mournful
49. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Puritanical
Angry
Colloquial
Flamboyant
50. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Urbane
Elegiac
Absurd
Earthy