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