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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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1. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Rhythmic
Confessional
Psychological
Objective
2. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Affected
Wordy
Victorian
Iconoclastic
3. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Expressionistic
Detached
Journalistic
Terse
4. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Archaic
Breezy
Ironic
Subjective
5. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Poetical
Cynical
Effeminate
Cinematic
6. Expressing contempt or disdain
Effeminate
Fluid
Contemptuous
Lyrical
7. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Bland
Lyrical
Eulogistic
Fluid
8. Sophisticated - socially polished
Urbane
Eulogistic
Earthy
Comic
9. Resentful - enraged
Breezy
Earthy
Fluid
Angry
10. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Victorian
Bland
Parody
Pious
11. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Mundane
Absurd
Realistic
Poetical
12. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Impressionistic
Bizarre
Erudite
Affected
13. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Bombastic
Iconoclastic
Sensuous
Anecdotal
14. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Depressing
Elegiac
Decadent
Detached
15. In the style of an earlier period
Dreamlike
Satirical
Archaic
Effeminate
16. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Farcical
Terse
Depressing
Primitive
17. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Decadent
Anecdotal
Philosophical
Childish
18. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Detached
Prurient
Surrealistic
Parody
19. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Subjective
Rhythmic
Philosophical
Irreverent
20. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Farcical
Absurd
Abstract
Convoluted
21. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Wordy
Whimsical
Primitive
Psychological
22. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Detached
Erudite
Concise
Satirical
23. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Sensuous
Wordy
Evocative
Whimsical
24. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Prurient
Fatalistic
Decadent
Confessional
25. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Eulogistic
Romantic
Fatalistic
Terse
26. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Sardonic
Surrealistic
Farcical
Romantic
27. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Surrealistic
Realistic
Elegiac
Puritanical
28. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Discursive
Baroque
Elegiac
Eulogistic
29. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Subjective
Psychological
Satirical
Austere
30. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Mundane
Absurd
Fluid
Subjective
31. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Dreamlike
Childish
Metaphorical
Philosophical
32. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Naturalistic
Confessional
Colloquial
Anecdotal
33. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Persuasive
Epistolary
Bizarre
Cynical
34. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Prurient
Ominous
Concise
Affected
35. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Iconoclastic
Decadent
Puritanical
Convincing
36. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Anecdotal
Metaphorical
Effeminate
Absurd
37. Effectively concise - brief
Terse
Comic
Analytical
Elegiac
38. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Austere
Concise
Subjective
Iconoclastic
39. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Romantic
Convincing
Irreverent
Cinematic
40. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Childish
Trite
Elegiac
Depressing
41. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Flamboyant
Colloquial
Lyrical
Irreverent
42. 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
Stark
Metaphorical
Romantic
Surrealistic
43. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Abstract
Prurient
Objective
Bizarre
44. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Objective
Expressionistic
Mournful
Crepuscular
45. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Persuasive
Ominous
Psychological
Austere
46. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Emotional
Effeminate
Earthy
Affected
47. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Impressionistic
Primitive
Discursive
Erudite
48. 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)
Ominous
Sensuous
Banal
Parody
49. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Epistolary
Affected
Mournful
Trite
50. Pretentious and pompous
Trite
Evocative
Lyrical
Bombastic
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