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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. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Earthy
Cinematic
Iconoclastic
Wordy
2. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Facetious
Baroque
Mundane
Bizarre
3. Unusually strange or odd
Stark
Flamboyant
Bizarre
Nostalgic
4. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Ominous
Pompous
Convincing
Banal
5. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Detached
Childish
Breezy
Irreverent
6. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Effeminate
Flamboyant
Lyrical
Discursive
7. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Surrealistic
Nostalgic
Mournful
Bland
8. Expressing contempt or disdain
Contemptuous
Urbane
Surrealistic
Discursive
9. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Mundane
Bland
Objective
Dreamlike
10. Effectively concise - brief
Analytical
Discursive
Terse
Victorian
11. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Nostalgic
Cynical
Mundane
Bizarre
12. Involving letters
Epistolary
Psychological
Expressionistic
Bombastic
13. Using very few words to express a great deal
Subjective
Farcical
Persuasive
Concise
14. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Romantic
Baroque
Austere
Rhythmic
15. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Abstract
Prurient
Trite
Depressing
16. Having two or more possible meanings
Analytical
Satirical
Classical
Ambiguous
17. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Stark
Ironic
Irreverent
Expressionistic
18. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Erudite
Farcical
Earthy
Crepuscular
19. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Confessional
Decadent
Bland
Farcical
20. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Primitive
Objective
Expressionistic
Dreamlike
21. Pointless and uninteresting
Bombastic
Banal
Comic
Parody
22. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Detached
Mundane
Psychological
Elegiac
23. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Convoluted
Terse
Philosophical
Depressing
24. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Pompous
Cynical
Psychological
Affected
25. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Depressing
Persuasive
Pompous
Terse
26. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Prurient
Sensuous
Confessional
Colloquial
27. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Absurd
Rhythmic
Terse
Naturalistic
28. Learned - scholarly
Convoluted
Erudite
Detached
Analytical
29. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Earthy
Detached
Classical
Elegiac
30. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Journalistic
Pompous
Convincing
Anecdotal
31. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Eulogistic
Effeminate
Satirical
Nostalgic
32. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Detached
Lyrical
Abstract
Confessional
33. In the style of an earlier period
Whimsical
Austere
Archaic
Realistic
34. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Earthy
Decadent
Discursive
Subjective
35. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Childish
Realistic
Mournful
Discursive
36. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Abstract
Rhythmic
Facetious
Austere
37. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Affected
Depressing
Confessional
Anecdotal
38. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Philosophical
Objective
Erudite
Comic
39. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Fatalistic
Absurd
Bombastic
Decadent
40. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Journalistic
Confessional
Bizarre
Impressionistic
41. Much given to strong feelings
Ironic
Cinematic
Philosophical
Emotional
42. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Comic
Surrealistic
Primitive
Rhythmic
43. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Trite
Crepuscular
Persuasive
Mournful
44. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Erudite
Iconoclastic
Fluid
Convincing
45. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Austere
Expressionistic
Dreamlike
Facetious
46. Resentful - enraged
Fluid
Subjective
Romantic
Angry
47. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Irreverent
Urbane
Absurd
Confessional
48. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Banal
Confessional
Impressionistic
Whimsical
49. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Terse
Persuasive
Primitive
Analytical
50. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Ambiguous
Pompous
Concise
Detached