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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. Resentful - enraged
Concise
Philosophical
Angry
Pious
2. 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
Sardonic
Ironic
Romantic
Convoluted
3. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Dreamlike
Convoluted
Confessional
Convincing
4. Much given to strong feelings
Absurd
Emotional
Eulogistic
Facetious
5. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Anecdotal
Metaphorical
Terse
Objective
6. Pretentious and pompous
Realistic
Bombastic
Farcical
Fatalistic
7. Using very few words to express a great deal
Expressionistic
Concise
Discursive
Metaphorical
8. Sophisticated - socially polished
Crepuscular
Metaphorical
Journalistic
Urbane
9. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Cinematic
Victorian
Objective
Affected
10. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Parody
Rhythmic
Convincing
Mournful
11. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Depressing
Poetical
Victorian
Bombastic
12. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Sardonic
Parody
Objective
Irreverent
13. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Bombastic
Comic
Ironic
Sardonic
14. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Poetical
Absurd
Subjective
Pompous
15. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Confessional
Realistic
Elegiac
Subjective
16. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Wordy
Cinematic
Fluid
Pompous
17. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Bland
Satirical
Iconoclastic
Baroque
18. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Sardonic
Wordy
Elegiac
Terse
19. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Cinematic
Impressionistic
Philosophical
Earthy
20. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Parody
Realistic
Detached
Subjective
21. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Subjective
Impressionistic
Primitive
Naturalistic
22. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Urbane
Eulogistic
Ironic
Journalistic
23. Learned - scholarly
Metaphorical
Elegiac
Erudite
Colloquial
24. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Analytical
Bland
Detached
Prurient
25. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Objective
Absurd
Naturalistic
Primitive
26. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Emotional
Psychological
Abstract
Absurd
27. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Facetious
Prurient
Elegiac
Subjective
28. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Breezy
Metaphorical
Ominous
Philosophical
29. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Ominous
Philosophical
Terse
Erudite
30. 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)
Archaic
Discursive
Parody
Absurd
31. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Effeminate
Expressionistic
Pompous
Naturalistic
32. Having the characteristics of a dream
Satirical
Flamboyant
Dreamlike
Detached
33. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Dreamlike
Urbane
Breezy
Analytical
34. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Mundane
Bland
Abstract
Irreverent
35. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Subjective
Comic
Satirical
Ominous
36. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Whimsical
Victorian
Elegiac
Ambiguous
37. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Journalistic
Romantic
Metaphorical
Comic
38. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Psychological
Archaic
Fatalistic
Decadent
39. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Naturalistic
Bland
Journalistic
Depressing
40. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Austere
Classical
Convincing
Objective
41. Involving letters
Mundane
Concise
Convincing
Epistolary
42. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Irreverent
Facetious
Earthy
Confessional
43. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Trite
Austere
Angry
Primitive
44. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Sardonic
Bizarre
Earthy
Satirical
45. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Convincing
Ambiguous
Primitive
Mournful
46. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Persuasive
Mundane
Convincing
Comic
47. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Bland
Fluid
Effeminate
Affected
48. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Surrealistic
Satirical
Comic
Discursive
49. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Anecdotal
Naturalistic
Puritanical
Depressing
50. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Erudite
Earthy
Detached
Trite