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