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AP Style Tone Words
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Subjects
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 24 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. Not based on fact or investigation
conciliatory
speculative
didactic
obsequious
2. Showing inappropriate levity
churlish
callous
flippant
satiric
3. Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
colloquial
conciliatory
churlish
sanctimonious
4. Arousing affect
flippant
terse
self-depreciating
poignant
5. Humorously vulgar
caustic
ribald
churlish
flippant
6. Expressing sorrow often for something past
sanctimonious
acerbic
elegiac
obsequious
7. Exposing human folly to ridicule
forthright
conciliatory
flippant
satiric
8. Disdainfully or ironically humorous
caustic
poignant
sardonic
obsequious
9. Belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest
choleric
poignant
derisive
self-depreciating
10. Brief and to the point - brief and to the point
sanctimonious
poignant
terse
laconic
11. Quickly aroused to anger
choleric
derisive
laconic
poignant
12. Having or showing profound knowledge
flippant
laconic
speculative
erudite
13. Characterized by directness in manner or speech
choleric
forthright
terse
caustic
14. Harsh or corrosive in tone
obsequious
acerbic
derisive
self-depreciating
15. Feeling great rapture or delight
sanctimonious
conciliatory
rapturous
laconic
16. Instructive (especially excessively)
choleric
acerbic
churlish
didactic
17. Having a bad disposition
poignant
colloquial
churlish
didactic
18. Excessively or hypocritically pious
churlish
self-depreciating
sanctimonious
speculative
19. Make insensitive or callous
sardonic
erudite
callous
self-depreciating
20. Attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner
conciliatory
flippant
sardonic
obsequious
21. Brief and to the point
erudite
derisive
laconic
conciliatory
22. Overcoming animosity or hostility
conciliatory
sardonic
poignant
terse
23. Abusing vocally
churlish
choleric
acerbic
derisive
24. Any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue
flippant
forthright
elegiac
caustic