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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. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Evocative
Crepuscular
Facetious
Whimsical
2. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Flamboyant
Detached
Bizarre
Iconoclastic
3. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Prurient
Earthy
Dreamlike
Sensuous
4. 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)
Parody
Iconoclastic
Objective
Expressionistic
5. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Iconoclastic
Classical
Facetious
Sardonic
6. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Nostalgic
Erudite
Naturalistic
Prurient
7. Much given to strong feelings
Parody
Whimsical
Cinematic
Emotional
8. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Austere
Earthy
Affected
Confessional
9. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Banal
Concise
Baroque
Decadent
10. Pretentious and pompous
Puritanical
Bombastic
Bizarre
Banal
11. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Convincing
Eulogistic
Contemptuous
Angry
12. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Concise
Dreamlike
Journalistic
Comic
13. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Convincing
Childish
Sensuous
Philosophical
14. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Journalistic
Depressing
Confessional
Childish
15. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Classical
Surrealistic
Eulogistic
Childish
16. Involving letters
Comic
Surrealistic
Epistolary
Bland
17. Unusually strange or odd
Erudite
Breezy
Nostalgic
Bizarre
18. Flowing smoothly
Fluid
Elegiac
Iconoclastic
Absurd
19. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Crepuscular
Angry
Objective
Naturalistic
20. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Crepuscular
Bizarre
Confessional
Naturalistic
21. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Objective
Satirical
Facetious
Childish
22. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Expressionistic
Poetical
Primitive
Metaphorical
23. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Emotional
Poetical
Ironic
Irreverent
24. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Cynical
Mundane
Whimsical
Satirical
25. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Pious
Flamboyant
Anecdotal
Abstract
26. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Eulogistic
Mournful
Fluid
Colloquial
27. 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
Romantic
Stark
Depressing
Primitive
28. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Mundane
Iconoclastic
Objective
Elegiac
29. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Metaphorical
Victorian
Mundane
Bland
30. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Lyrical
Nostalgic
Epistolary
Wordy
31. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Surrealistic
Iconoclastic
Facetious
Bombastic
32. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Ironic
Bombastic
Pious
Pompous
33. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Satirical
Romantic
Victorian
Sardonic
34. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Primitive
Facetious
Austere
Baroque
35. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Colloquial
Poetical
Baroque
Facetious
36. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Confessional
Epistolary
Journalistic
Discursive
37. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Erudite
Rhythmic
Discursive
Absurd
38. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Lyrical
Anecdotal
Expressionistic
Abstract
39. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Comic
Absurd
Depressing
Impressionistic
40. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Convoluted
Dreamlike
Abstract
Terse
41. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Cynical
Flamboyant
Discursive
Primitive
42. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Fatalistic
Erudite
Farcical
Sardonic
43. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Bland
Pompous
Banal
Lyrical
44. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Analytical
Archaic
Farcical
Journalistic
45. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Pompous
Persuasive
Victorian
Ironic
46. Using very few words to express a great deal
Concise
Urbane
Surrealistic
Bland
47. In the style of an earlier period
Eulogistic
Archaic
Persuasive
Crepuscular
48. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Confessional
Pompous
Affected
Psychological
49. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Whimsical
Objective
Expressionistic
Abstract
50. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Detached
Effeminate
Philosophical
Primitive