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AP Tone And Style Vocab

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)






2. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting






3. Involving letters






4. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices






5. Using very few words to express a great deal






6. Learned - scholarly






7. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature






8. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)






9. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts






10. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow






11. Pretentious and pompous






12. Strict or severe in matters or morality






13. Flowing smoothly






14. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions






15. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic






16. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior






17. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses






18. Having two or more possible meanings






19. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions






20. Persuasive - believable - plausible






21. Conspicuously bold or colorful






22. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)






23. Inclined to represent things as they really are






24. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead






25. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others






26. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation






27. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say






28. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected






29. Characterized by personal admissions of faults






30. Much given to strong feelings






31. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)






32. 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






33. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic






34. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental






35. Having the characteristics of a dream






36. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')






37. Effectively concise - brief






38. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters






39. Expressing contempt or disdain






40. In the style of an earlier period






41. Resentful - enraged






42. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming






43. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful






44. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality






45. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental






46. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)






47. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts






48. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality






49. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths






50. Soft - delicate - unmanly