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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Effectively concise - brief
Naturalistic
Romantic
Discursive
Terse
2. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Austere
Affected
Urbane
Primitive
3. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Rhythmic
Colloquial
Eulogistic
Ominous
4. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Iconoclastic
Childish
Cinematic
Terse
5. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Elegiac
Rhythmic
Effeminate
Lyrical
6. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Baroque
Psychological
Philosophical
Evocative
7. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Discursive
Cynical
Persuasive
Bland
8. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Emotional
Persuasive
Journalistic
Colloquial
9. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Banal
Iconoclastic
Analytical
Decadent
10. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Convoluted
Archaic
Ominous
Cinematic
11. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Nostalgic
Effeminate
Facetious
Confessional
12. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Mundane
Satirical
Stark
Crepuscular
13. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Realistic
Colloquial
Ambiguous
Mournful
14. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Ironic
Subjective
Poetical
Concise
15. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Discursive
Lyrical
Angry
Elegiac
16. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Pompous
Subjective
Eulogistic
Contemptuous
17. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Analytical
Philosophical
Journalistic
Convincing
18. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Whimsical
Confessional
Analytical
Irreverent
19. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Ironic
Bombastic
Primitive
Pious
20. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Puritanical
Baroque
Subjective
Expressionistic
21. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Facetious
Bombastic
Cynical
Parody
22. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Objective
Urbane
Realistic
Irreverent
23. Learned - scholarly
Absurd
Erudite
Parody
Affected
24. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Abstract
Metaphorical
Subjective
Facetious
25. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Decadent
Anecdotal
Comic
Rhythmic
26. Using very few words to express a great deal
Iconoclastic
Concise
Emotional
Abstract
27. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Comic
Poetical
Philosophical
Psychological
28. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Cynical
Detached
Journalistic
Colloquial
29. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Elegiac
Concise
Classical
Earthy
30. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Satirical
Naturalistic
Objective
Depressing
31. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Flamboyant
Facetious
Contemptuous
Colloquial
32. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Comic
Puritanical
Sensuous
Farcical
33. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Pious
Epistolary
Poetical
Cynical
34. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Victorian
Nostalgic
Prurient
Abstract
35. Flowing smoothly
Fluid
Earthy
Iconoclastic
Abstract
36. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Fatalistic
Trite
Analytical
Realistic
37. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Iconoclastic
Breezy
Stark
Fluid
38. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Mournful
Psychological
Ominous
Nostalgic
39. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Absurd
Contemptuous
Wordy
Bombastic
40. Involving letters
Epistolary
Depressing
Effeminate
Ominous
41. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Angry
Abstract
Metaphorical
Lyrical
42. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Surrealistic
Decadent
Emotional
Persuasive
43. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Fluid
Convoluted
Depressing
Colloquial
44. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Wordy
Journalistic
Mundane
Comic
45. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Depressing
Victorian
Iconoclastic
Impressionistic
46. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Primitive
Iconoclastic
Bizarre
Pompous
47. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Effeminate
Childish
Fatalistic
Baroque
48. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Psychological
Ominous
Puritanical
Impressionistic
49. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Archaic
Trite
Cynical
Analytical
50. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Pious
Sardonic
Ominous
Concise