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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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1. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Bizarre
Eulogistic
Farcical
Emotional
2. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Cynical
Flamboyant
Archaic
Rhythmic
3. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Contemptuous
Baroque
Discursive
Depressing
4. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Ominous
Wordy
Elegiac
Ambiguous
5. Sophisticated - socially polished
Wordy
Detached
Urbane
Philosophical
6. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Parody
Facetious
Objective
Anecdotal
7. Having two or more possible meanings
Ambiguous
Ominous
Rhythmic
Ironic
8. Having the characteristics of a dream
Concise
Mundane
Dreamlike
Bizarre
9. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Poetical
Realistic
Banal
Confessional
10. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Metaphorical
Psychological
Comic
Naturalistic
11. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Puritanical
Eulogistic
Urbane
Subjective
12. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Impressionistic
Earthy
Urbane
Whimsical
13. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Crepuscular
Cynical
Objective
Puritanical
14. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Discursive
Trite
Urbane
Fatalistic
15. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Analytical
Sensuous
Erudite
Austere
16. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Contemptuous
Surrealistic
Confessional
Primitive
17. Flowing smoothly
Archaic
Baroque
Irreverent
Fluid
18. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Mundane
Classical
Sardonic
Naturalistic
19. Expressing contempt or disdain
Whimsical
Contemptuous
Metaphorical
Lyrical
20. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Bland
Anecdotal
Discursive
Abstract
21. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Metaphorical
Elegiac
Cynical
Epistolary
22. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Mournful
Ironic
Lyrical
Objective
23. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Fluid
Terse
Concise
Stark
24. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Nostalgic
Primitive
Decadent
Prurient
25. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Prurient
Earthy
Anecdotal
Irreverent
26. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Earthy
Effeminate
Ominous
Urbane
27. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Victorian
Colloquial
Impressionistic
Earthy
28. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Childish
Earthy
Flamboyant
Expressionistic
29. 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)
Parody
Irreverent
Urbane
Evocative
30. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Bland
Impressionistic
Terse
Whimsical
31. Unusually strange or odd
Persuasive
Bizarre
Discursive
Mundane
32. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Poetical
Lyrical
Urbane
Bombastic
33. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Evocative
Lyrical
Ambiguous
Sardonic
34. Using very few words to express a great deal
Romantic
Parody
Rhythmic
Concise
35. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Objective
Whimsical
Ominous
Erudite
36. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Sensuous
Crepuscular
Whimsical
Childish
37. Much given to strong feelings
Cinematic
Emotional
Breezy
Anecdotal
38. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Classical
Nostalgic
Flamboyant
Baroque
39. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Abstract
Journalistic
Mournful
Elegiac
40. Resentful - enraged
Stark
Bizarre
Angry
Lyrical
41. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Flamboyant
Irreverent
Stark
Whimsical
42. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Fatalistic
Urbane
Satirical
Eulogistic
43. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Baroque
Dreamlike
Evocative
Breezy
44. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Abstract
Comic
Fatalistic
Convincing
45. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Banal
Convoluted
Epistolary
Irreverent
46. Effectively concise - brief
Terse
Fluid
Iconoclastic
Pompous
47. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Cinematic
Puritanical
Austere
Romantic
48. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Ironic
Anecdotal
Persuasive
Cinematic
49. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Stark
Journalistic
Discursive
Concise
50. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Baroque
Persuasive
Archaic
Poetical
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