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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Terse
Victorian
Psychological
Childish
2. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Angry
Classical
Eulogistic
Iconoclastic
3. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Urbane
Baroque
Pious
Depressing
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)
Emotional
Primitive
Parody
Fluid
5. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Earthy
Parody
Angry
Journalistic
6. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Evocative
Persuasive
Effeminate
Erudite
7. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Ominous
Prurient
Abstract
Journalistic
8. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Terse
Evocative
Discursive
Metaphorical
9. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Cynical
Eulogistic
Naturalistic
Pompous
10. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Anecdotal
Realistic
Crepuscular
Baroque
11. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Surrealistic
Discursive
Detached
Mundane
12. Learned - scholarly
Cynical
Convoluted
Affected
Erudite
13. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Erudite
Satirical
Mundane
Ambiguous
14. Flowing smoothly
Expressionistic
Urbane
Fluid
Ominous
15. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Stark
Archaic
Bland
Puritanical
16. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Breezy
Philosophical
Angry
Trite
17. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Sardonic
Erudite
Metaphorical
Irreverent
18. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Affected
Trite
Emotional
Austere
19. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Stark
Persuasive
Erudite
Epistolary
20. Expressing contempt or disdain
Sensuous
Evocative
Contemptuous
Discursive
21. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Austere
Psychological
Contemptuous
Bland
22. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Concise
Convoluted
Colloquial
Bombastic
23. Pointless and uninteresting
Banal
Classical
Surrealistic
Decadent
24. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Banal
Flamboyant
Satirical
Expressionistic
25. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Wordy
Fluid
Naturalistic
Contemptuous
26. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Naturalistic
Victorian
Journalistic
Classical
27. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Confessional
Stark
Sardonic
Romantic
28. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Trite
Fluid
Subjective
Convincing
29. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Objective
Surrealistic
Nostalgic
Irreverent
30. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Earthy
Fatalistic
Angry
Expressionistic
31. Sophisticated - socially polished
Urbane
Romantic
Nostalgic
Baroque
32. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Surrealistic
Detached
Pious
Metaphorical
33. Unusually strange or odd
Journalistic
Bizarre
Abstract
Terse
34. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Lyrical
Crepuscular
Puritanical
Cinematic
35. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Stark
Baroque
Discursive
Affected
36. Resentful - enraged
Nostalgic
Effeminate
Angry
Convoluted
37. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Austere
Trite
Wordy
Objective
38. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Cynical
Pompous
Pious
Persuasive
39. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Bizarre
Crepuscular
Elegiac
Breezy
40. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Irreverent
Sensuous
Bombastic
Prurient
41. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Prurient
Emotional
Abstract
Persuasive
42. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Farcical
Primitive
Evocative
Comic
43. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Comic
Epistolary
Persuasive
Puritanical
44. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Impressionistic
Elegiac
Wordy
Colloquial
45. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Terse
Realistic
Colloquial
Objective
46. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Decadent
Effeminate
Wordy
Eulogistic
47. Having the characteristics of a dream
Objective
Rhythmic
Dreamlike
Childish
48. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Bizarre
Childish
Poetical
Evocative
49. Pretentious and pompous
Philosophical
Objective
Impressionistic
Bombastic
50. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Trite
Bizarre
Pious
Irreverent