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