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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. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Convincing
Terse
Realistic
Impressionistic
2. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Psychological
Convoluted
Cinematic
Prurient
3. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Sardonic
Primitive
Realistic
Erudite
4. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Wordy
Convoluted
Realistic
Eulogistic
5. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Cynical
Bombastic
Expressionistic
Eulogistic
6. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Crepuscular
Facetious
Parody
Baroque
7. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Lyrical
Cynical
Urbane
Confessional
8. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Urbane
Convincing
Classical
Epistolary
9. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Iconoclastic
Pious
Satirical
Convincing
10. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Discursive
Comic
Elegiac
Concise
11. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Banal
Anecdotal
Classical
Trite
12. Unusually strange or odd
Bizarre
Farcical
Prurient
Banal
13. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Earthy
Facetious
Depressing
Sensuous
14. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Urbane
Ambiguous
Whimsical
Analytical
15. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Persuasive
Epistolary
Convincing
Effeminate
16. Having two or more possible meanings
Ambiguous
Evocative
Iconoclastic
Elegiac
17. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Rhythmic
Metaphorical
Pious
Anecdotal
18. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Victorian
Subjective
Fluid
Austere
19. Resentful - enraged
Banal
Mundane
Angry
Victorian
20. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Fluid
Emotional
Romantic
Baroque
21. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Sensuous
Confessional
Pious
Whimsical
22. Learned - scholarly
Wordy
Iconoclastic
Objective
Erudite
23. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Analytical
Expressionistic
Satirical
Ominous
24. Effectively concise - brief
Emotional
Terse
Cynical
Concise
25. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Naturalistic
Crepuscular
Satirical
Iconoclastic
26. Sophisticated - socially polished
Effeminate
Primitive
Urbane
Anecdotal
27. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Cynical
Terse
Affected
Discursive
28. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Confessional
Detached
Rhythmic
Fluid
29. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Pious
Farcical
Rhythmic
Archaic
30. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Farcical
Surrealistic
Naturalistic
Crepuscular
31. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Prurient
Fatalistic
Comic
Naturalistic
32. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Nostalgic
Psychological
Confessional
Stark
33. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Philosophical
Bland
Emotional
Romantic
34. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Victorian
Ambiguous
Facetious
Nostalgic
35. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Journalistic
Pompous
Facetious
Primitive
36. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Trite
Archaic
Bombastic
Decadent
37. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Fatalistic
Baroque
Ambiguous
Austere
38. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Epistolary
Ambiguous
Ironic
Trite
39. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Cynical
Ominous
Breezy
Ambiguous
40. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Epistolary
Mundane
Austere
Expressionistic
41. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Sensuous
Classical
Rhythmic
Epistolary
42. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Cynical
Breezy
Elegiac
Discursive
43. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Poetical
Absurd
Emotional
Cinematic
44. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Abstract
Epistolary
Elegiac
Detached
45. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Mournful
Classical
Primitive
Philosophical
46. Pretentious and pompous
Angry
Urbane
Objective
Bombastic
47. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Realistic
Prurient
Fatalistic
Impressionistic
48. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Analytical
Subjective
Anecdotal
Ominous
49. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Discursive
Analytical
Persuasive
Pompous
50. Flowing smoothly
Fatalistic
Terse
Fluid
Eulogistic