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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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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. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Flamboyant
Terse
Emotional
Irreverent
2. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Naturalistic
Objective
Sardonic
Farcical
3. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Angry
Romantic
Sensuous
Eulogistic
4. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Poetical
Mundane
Whimsical
Stark
5. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Mournful
Rhythmic
Bizarre
Ironic
6. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Emotional
Bizarre
Convincing
Bland
7. 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)
Facetious
Parody
Ominous
Earthy
8. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Impressionistic
Anecdotal
Abstract
Terse
9. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Elegiac
Metaphorical
Ominous
Trite
10. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Crepuscular
Baroque
Decadent
Romantic
11. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Cynical
Farcical
Austere
Comic
12. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Fatalistic
Bombastic
Naturalistic
Austere
13. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Iconoclastic
Banal
Whimsical
Confessional
14. In the style of an earlier period
Archaic
Sardonic
Bombastic
Confessional
15. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Farcical
Banal
Wordy
Angry
16. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Austere
Classical
Eulogistic
Erudite
17. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Prurient
Bizarre
Evocative
Fluid
18. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Victorian
Wordy
Archaic
Detached
19. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Urbane
Iconoclastic
Convoluted
Fatalistic
20. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Angry
Fatalistic
Breezy
Ambiguous
21. Flowing smoothly
Fluid
Victorian
Realistic
Convincing
22. Involving letters
Epistolary
Farcical
Affected
Whimsical
23. Effectively concise - brief
Terse
Comic
Prurient
Austere
24. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Parody
Childish
Austere
Cynical
25. Having the characteristics of a dream
Expressionistic
Affected
Baroque
Dreamlike
26. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Stark
Pompous
Facetious
Journalistic
27. Having two or more possible meanings
Subjective
Ambiguous
Absurd
Ominous
28. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Fatalistic
Metaphorical
Affected
Austere
29. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Analytical
Mundane
Trite
Philosophical
30. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Depressing
Convincing
Nostalgic
Pompous
31. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Trite
Banal
Crepuscular
Iconoclastic
32. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Angry
Absurd
Flamboyant
Stark
33. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Fluid
Lyrical
Effeminate
Bland
34. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Poetical
Cinematic
Evocative
Sardonic
35. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Erudite
Classical
Archaic
Detached
36. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Romantic
Irreverent
Mournful
Impressionistic
37. Sophisticated - socially polished
Objective
Urbane
Prurient
Whimsical
38. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Impressionistic
Metaphorical
Sardonic
Angry
39. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Prurient
Satirical
Parody
Sensuous
40. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Pious
Austere
Baroque
Banal
41. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Ironic
Baroque
Concise
Nostalgic
42. Unusually strange or odd
Romantic
Angry
Bizarre
Comic
43. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Naturalistic
Whimsical
Emotional
Facetious
44. Much given to strong feelings
Primitive
Emotional
Ambiguous
Flamboyant
45. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Decadent
Elegiac
Expressionistic
Lyrical
46. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Poetical
Impressionistic
Fatalistic
Puritanical
47. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Satirical
Depressing
Flamboyant
Childish
48. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Analytical
Naturalistic
Realistic
Pious
49. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Pompous
Childish
Confessional
Rhythmic
50. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Flamboyant
Nostalgic
Ominous
Austere