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