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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. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Terse
Childish
Sardonic
Contemptuous
2. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Convincing
Puritanical
Analytical
Expressionistic
3. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Depressing
Romantic
Primitive
Farcical
4. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Bland
Flamboyant
Rhythmic
Journalistic
5. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Puritanical
Philosophical
Mundane
Convincing
6. Flowing smoothly
Elegiac
Epistolary
Crepuscular
Fluid
7. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Journalistic
Confessional
Psychological
Naturalistic
8. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Pious
Mundane
Romantic
Confessional
9. Resentful - enraged
Depressing
Parody
Bizarre
Angry
10. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Effeminate
Contemptuous
Surrealistic
Metaphorical
11. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Primitive
Facetious
Eulogistic
Cynical
12. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Anecdotal
Depressing
Psychological
Subjective
13. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Discursive
Absurd
Bombastic
Bland
14. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Wordy
Eulogistic
Evocative
Crepuscular
15. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Realistic
Persuasive
Farcical
Mundane
16. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Contemptuous
Decadent
Flamboyant
Bombastic
17. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Angry
Crepuscular
Mournful
Nostalgic
18. Unusually strange or odd
Contemptuous
Anecdotal
Bizarre
Childish
19. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Comic
Earthy
Classical
Anecdotal
20. Much given to strong feelings
Emotional
Whimsical
Mundane
Wordy
21. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Decadent
Baroque
Wordy
Psychological
22. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Bland
Breezy
Prurient
Persuasive
23. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Affected
Evocative
Childish
Earthy
24. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Concise
Bizarre
Earthy
Realistic
25. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Concise
Bombastic
Realistic
Baroque
26. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Fatalistic
Crepuscular
Breezy
Rhythmic
27. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Journalistic
Lyrical
Emotional
Metaphorical
28. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Cynical
Objective
Irreverent
Romantic
29. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Affected
Puritanical
Effeminate
Banal
30. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Subjective
Earthy
Stark
Evocative
31. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Epistolary
Convincing
Concise
Iconoclastic
32. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Parody
Romantic
Ironic
Wordy
33. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Classical
Persuasive
Farcical
Mournful
34. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Classical
Victorian
Lyrical
Discursive
35. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Primitive
Objective
Surrealistic
Metaphorical
36. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Rhythmic
Ambiguous
Stark
Bombastic
37. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Ambiguous
Eulogistic
Naturalistic
Analytical
38. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Convoluted
Realistic
Crepuscular
Childish
39. Using very few words to express a great deal
Evocative
Realistic
Philosophical
Concise
40. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Farcical
Subjective
Expressionistic
Bombastic
41. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Decadent
Persuasive
Affected
Cinematic
42. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Comic
Banal
Parody
Decadent
43. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Sensuous
Austere
Whimsical
Bombastic
44. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Stark
Philosophical
Bizarre
Detached
45. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Bizarre
Childish
Satirical
Surrealistic
46. Having the characteristics of a dream
Farcical
Dreamlike
Detached
Stark
47. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Pious
Erudite
Victorian
Ominous
48. In the style of an earlier period
Cinematic
Surrealistic
Archaic
Naturalistic
49. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Sensuous
Austere
Impressionistic
Poetical
50. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Primitive
Baroque
Objective
Expressionistic