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AP Tone And Style Vocab

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Resentful - enraged






2. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)






3. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic






4. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous






5. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual






6. Unusually strange or odd






7. Conspicuously bold or colorful






8. Having the qualities of a motion picture






9. 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)






10. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures






11. Flowing smoothly






12. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead






13. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say






14. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature






15. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')






16. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)






17. Theoretical - without reference to specifics






18. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts






19. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively






20. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices






21. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)






22. Characterized by personal admissions of faults






23. Expressing contempt or disdain






24. Intense - spontaneous - musical






25. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)






26. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly






27. Having feelings or thoughts of love - but when associated with nineteenth century literature or any such literature it suggests a style that emphasizes freedom of form - imagination - and emotion






28. Pointless and uninteresting






29. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)






30. In the style of an earlier period






31. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting






32. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions






33. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration






34. Having two or more possible meanings






35. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow






36. Much given to strong feelings






37. Involving letters






38. Having the characteristics of a dream






39. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic






40. Persuasive - believable - plausible






41. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling






42. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards






43. Inclined to represent things as they really are






44. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation






45. Sophisticated - socially polished






46. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior






47. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)






48. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality






49. Involving short narratives of interesting events






50. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)