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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Dreamlike
Objective
Subjective
Metaphorical
2. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Trite
Ambiguous
Impressionistic
Realistic
3. Sophisticated - socially polished
Flamboyant
Cynical
Austere
Urbane
4. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Subjective
Journalistic
Cynical
Analytical
5. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Mundane
Puritanical
Crepuscular
Fluid
6. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Stark
Contemptuous
Wordy
Ironic
7. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Subjective
Decadent
Bombastic
Wordy
8. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Convoluted
Confessional
Bizarre
Romantic
9. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Victorian
Ironic
Parody
Prurient
10. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Mournful
Evocative
Sardonic
Ominous
11. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Breezy
Farcical
Confessional
Victorian
12. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Erudite
Convoluted
Absurd
Flamboyant
13. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Elegiac
Psychological
Objective
Detached
14. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Convoluted
Pious
Absurd
Journalistic
15. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Philosophical
Surrealistic
Puritanical
Facetious
16. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Anecdotal
Philosophical
Urbane
Expressionistic
17. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Parody
Convincing
Earthy
Discursive
18. Learned - scholarly
Erudite
Poetical
Ominous
Ironic
19. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Comic
Bombastic
Bizarre
Discursive
20. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Facetious
Dreamlike
Austere
Comic
21. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Terse
Expressionistic
Naturalistic
Baroque
22. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Flamboyant
Breezy
Stark
Abstract
23. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Abstract
Mournful
Impressionistic
Satirical
24. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Sensuous
Bland
Poetical
Concise
25. Expressing contempt or disdain
Mournful
Contemptuous
Pompous
Wordy
26. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Confessional
Metaphorical
Erudite
Sardonic
27. Effectively concise - brief
Terse
Trite
Baroque
Elegiac
28. Pointless and uninteresting
Persuasive
Convincing
Puritanical
Banal
29. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Effeminate
Bizarre
Childish
Mundane
30. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Philosophical
Archaic
Bombastic
Evocative
31. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Comic
Decadent
Fluid
Effeminate
32. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Parody
Bombastic
Earthy
Impressionistic
33. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Confessional
Ironic
Depressing
Lyrical
34. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Puritanical
Romantic
Persuasive
Farcical
35. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Emotional
Eulogistic
Evocative
Contemptuous
36. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Crepuscular
Ambiguous
Puritanical
Psychological
37. Using very few words to express a great deal
Bizarre
Concise
Convincing
Parody
38. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Persuasive
Colloquial
Mournful
Metaphorical
39. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Banal
Detached
Archaic
Contemptuous
40. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Realistic
Pious
Nostalgic
Pompous
41. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Metaphorical
Philosophical
Convincing
Discursive
42. A satirical imitation of something serious - such as a comic takeoff of Romeo and Juliet (the parody must have enough elements of the original for it to be recognized)
Confessional
Austere
Parody
Detached
43. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Lyrical
Austere
Satirical
Facetious
44. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Primitive
Affected
Romantic
Abstract
45. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Dreamlike
Mundane
Pompous
Affected
46. Much given to strong feelings
Detached
Emotional
Journalistic
Urbane
47. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Rhythmic
Whimsical
Impressionistic
Realistic
48. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Comic
Farcical
Abstract
Breezy
49. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Elegiac
Naturalistic
Sensuous
Analytical
50. Involving letters
Epistolary
Bombastic
Confessional
Naturalistic