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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Resentful - enraged
Sensuous
Fluid
Angry
Rhythmic
2. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Farcical
Romantic
Nostalgic
Ominous
3. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Mundane
Emotional
Absurd
Sensuous
4. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Poetical
Naturalistic
Crepuscular
Confessional
5. Learned - scholarly
Erudite
Elegiac
Prurient
Naturalistic
6. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Contemptuous
Depressing
Wordy
Classical
7. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Puritanical
Bland
Irreverent
Classical
8. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Absurd
Parody
Classical
Realistic
9. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Cinematic
Eulogistic
Cynical
Dreamlike
10. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Elegiac
Absurd
Puritanical
Anecdotal
11. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Childish
Philosophical
Elegiac
Journalistic
12. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Concise
Pompous
Confessional
Effeminate
13. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Convoluted
Analytical
Colloquial
Trite
14. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Archaic
Objective
Eulogistic
Lyrical
15. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Stark
Bizarre
Ominous
Journalistic
16. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Confessional
Whimsical
Flamboyant
Mournful
17. Using very few words to express a great deal
Pious
Objective
Effeminate
Concise
18. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Bombastic
Psychological
Convoluted
Objective
19. Unusually strange or odd
Irreverent
Facetious
Bizarre
Decadent
20. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Flamboyant
Evocative
Ironic
Mundane
21. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Detached
Banal
Erudite
Decadent
22. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Iconoclastic
Puritanical
Persuasive
Objective
23. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Bombastic
Breezy
Persuasive
Cynical
24. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Absurd
Whimsical
Romantic
Depressing
25. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Baroque
Journalistic
Bombastic
Nostalgic
26. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Ambiguous
Cynical
Philosophical
Childish
27. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Affected
Analytical
Surrealistic
Prurient
28. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Fluid
Urbane
Baroque
Naturalistic
29. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Analytical
Nostalgic
Prurient
Realistic
30. Involving letters
Absurd
Epistolary
Flamboyant
Pious
31. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Evocative
Anecdotal
Ominous
Austere
32. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Classical
Journalistic
Evocative
Subjective
33. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Elegiac
Mournful
Whimsical
Farcical
34. Having two or more possible meanings
Ambiguous
Objective
Persuasive
Emotional
35. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Comic
Baroque
Cynical
Persuasive
36. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Effeminate
Terse
Nostalgic
Naturalistic
37. Expressing contempt or disdain
Angry
Contemptuous
Depressing
Psychological
38. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Evocative
Depressing
Austere
Mournful
39. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Absurd
Philosophical
Urbane
Whimsical
40. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Discursive
Irreverent
Convincing
Bombastic
41. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Baroque
Facetious
Objective
Eulogistic
42. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Psychological
Angry
Breezy
Wordy
43. Sophisticated - socially polished
Metaphorical
Urbane
Romantic
Bombastic
44. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Pious
Fluid
Iconoclastic
Convincing
45. Flowing smoothly
Decadent
Banal
Fluid
Victorian
46. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Bombastic
Earthy
Romantic
Persuasive
47. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Whimsical
Mournful
Fatalistic
Detached
48. Pointless and uninteresting
Concise
Banal
Confessional
Lyrical
49. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Flamboyant
Anecdotal
Abstract
Surrealistic
50. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Impressionistic
Sensuous
Cinematic
Absurd