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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. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Convincing
Elegiac
Anecdotal
Bombastic
2. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Confessional
Fluid
Pompous
Epistolary
3. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Mundane
Realistic
Parody
Evocative
4. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Colloquial
Erudite
Facetious
Parody
5. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Lyrical
Whimsical
Detached
Absurd
6. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Breezy
Ambiguous
Rhythmic
Puritanical
7. Sophisticated - socially polished
Classical
Urbane
Irreverent
Breezy
8. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Iconoclastic
Farcical
Parody
Earthy
9. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Ironic
Urbane
Abstract
Colloquial
10. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Impressionistic
Romantic
Victorian
Trite
11. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Confessional
Nostalgic
Convoluted
Primitive
12. Having two or more possible meanings
Cinematic
Archaic
Ambiguous
Romantic
13. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Flamboyant
Naturalistic
Puritanical
Comic
14. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Wordy
Ambiguous
Flamboyant
Epistolary
15. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Rhythmic
Farcical
Persuasive
Subjective
16. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Metaphorical
Analytical
Absurd
Stark
17. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Abstract
Elegiac
Comic
Psychological
18. Having the characteristics of a dream
Detached
Contemptuous
Dreamlike
Crepuscular
19. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Whimsical
Ironic
Ominous
Detached
20. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Austere
Pompous
Irreverent
Expressionistic
21. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Erudite
Emotional
Persuasive
Wordy
22. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Dreamlike
Satirical
Wordy
Rhythmic
23. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Primitive
Rhythmic
Angry
Sardonic
24. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Evocative
Farcical
Emotional
Convoluted
25. Pretentious and pompous
Bombastic
Persuasive
Satirical
Nostalgic
26. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Cinematic
Pious
Confessional
Flamboyant
27. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Cinematic
Evocative
Mournful
Discursive
28. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Wordy
Cinematic
Naturalistic
Earthy
29. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Fatalistic
Sardonic
Iconoclastic
Subjective
30. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Cinematic
Impressionistic
Ambiguous
Mundane
31. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Bombastic
Sensuous
Impressionistic
Anecdotal
32. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Earthy
Journalistic
Decadent
Depressing
33. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Baroque
Childish
Crepuscular
Erudite
34. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Facetious
Persuasive
Terse
Journalistic
35. In the style of an earlier period
Victorian
Stark
Wordy
Archaic
36. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Confessional
Fatalistic
Journalistic
Ambiguous
37. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Cinematic
Banal
Bizarre
Cynical
38. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Childish
Depressing
Subjective
Bland
39. 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
Romantic
Satirical
Irreverent
Nostalgic
40. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Urbane
Emotional
Discursive
Classical
41. Using very few words to express a great deal
Cynical
Philosophical
Parody
Concise
42. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Cynical
Analytical
Iconoclastic
Confessional
43. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Expressionistic
Victorian
Classical
Poetical
44. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Objective
Rhythmic
Discursive
Colloquial
45. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Comic
Bizarre
Journalistic
Expressionistic
46. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Cinematic
Philosophical
Classical
Austere
47. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Rhythmic
Romantic
Journalistic
Analytical
48. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Satirical
Surrealistic
Concise
Romantic
49. Learned - scholarly
Erudite
Expressionistic
Evocative
Nostalgic
50. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Bombastic
Ominous
Childish
Abstract