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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. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Wordy
Depressing
Philosophical
Angry
2. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Trite
Dreamlike
Stark
Convoluted
3. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Puritanical
Mournful
Erudite
Satirical
4. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Concise
Austere
Satirical
Eulogistic
5. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Childish
Persuasive
Prurient
Anecdotal
6. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Puritanical
Persuasive
Sardonic
Objective
7. Effectively concise - brief
Terse
Angry
Fatalistic
Prurient
8. Resentful - enraged
Ironic
Angry
Colloquial
Emotional
9. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Affected
Lyrical
Evocative
Surrealistic
10. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Farcical
Elegiac
Emotional
Evocative
11. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Crepuscular
Fluid
Colloquial
Psychological
12. Involving letters
Trite
Epistolary
Eulogistic
Pious
13. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Impressionistic
Eulogistic
Pious
Epistolary
14. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Bland
Bombastic
Expressionistic
Baroque
15. Pretentious and pompous
Bombastic
Urbane
Metaphorical
Crepuscular
16. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Affected
Farcical
Emotional
Detached
17. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Journalistic
Archaic
Nostalgic
Epistolary
18. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Erudite
Discursive
Wordy
Journalistic
19. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Breezy
Earthy
Convoluted
Comic
20. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Crepuscular
Flamboyant
Romantic
Trite
21. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Classical
Affected
Sardonic
Childish
22. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Convincing
Mournful
Emotional
Sensuous
23. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Breezy
Sardonic
Bizarre
Pompous
24. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Elegiac
Stark
Eulogistic
Trite
25. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Parody
Ironic
Bizarre
Convoluted
26. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Effeminate
Irreverent
Abstract
Convoluted
27. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Psychological
Evocative
Confessional
Abstract
28. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Anecdotal
Persuasive
Epistolary
Baroque
29. In the style of an earlier period
Decadent
Archaic
Evocative
Elegiac
30. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Terse
Realistic
Effeminate
Ominous
31. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Angry
Baroque
Cinematic
Banal
32. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Objective
Comic
Impressionistic
Philosophical
33. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Comic
Wordy
Discursive
Austere
34. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Facetious
Expressionistic
Convincing
Effeminate
35. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Pompous
Urbane
Whimsical
Cynical
36. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Philosophical
Elegiac
Eulogistic
Primitive
37. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Erudite
Farcical
Subjective
Banal
38. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Irreverent
Contemptuous
Rhythmic
Bland
39. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Effeminate
Nostalgic
Decadent
Terse
40. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Evocative
Puritanical
Whimsical
Sensuous
41. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Impressionistic
Classical
Expressionistic
Metaphorical
42. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Cynical
Objective
Sardonic
Detached
43. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Impressionistic
Breezy
Victorian
Austere
44. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Banal
Trite
Ambiguous
Poetical
45. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Romantic
Surrealistic
Breezy
Expressionistic
46. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Flamboyant
Epistolary
Naturalistic
Facetious
47. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Affected
Elegiac
Convincing
Sensuous
48. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Eulogistic
Ambiguous
Whimsical
Realistic
49. Pointless and uninteresting
Banal
Convoluted
Sardonic
Poetical
50. Learned - scholarly
Wordy
Earthy
Erudite
Whimsical