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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. Unusually strange or odd
Bizarre
Lyrical
Cynical
Banal
2. Using very few words to express a great deal
Psychological
Fluid
Concise
Objective
3. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Bland
Angry
Archaic
Detached
4. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Fluid
Pious
Austere
Fatalistic
5. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Naturalistic
Cinematic
Sardonic
Whimsical
6. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Romantic
Analytical
Cynical
Farcical
7. Pretentious and pompous
Sardonic
Trite
Bombastic
Wordy
8. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Poetical
Rhythmic
Mundane
Satirical
9. Much given to strong feelings
Emotional
Sardonic
Concise
Absurd
10. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Lyrical
Surrealistic
Crepuscular
Parody
11. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Elegiac
Nostalgic
Austere
Concise
12. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Bland
Affected
Epistolary
Bizarre
13. Expressing contempt or disdain
Puritanical
Satirical
Contemptuous
Expressionistic
14. Involving letters
Expressionistic
Anecdotal
Contemptuous
Epistolary
15. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Bizarre
Archaic
Bland
Absurd
16. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Rhythmic
Urbane
Confessional
Surrealistic
17. Having two or more possible meanings
Cynical
Pompous
Ambiguous
Mournful
18. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Cynical
Pious
Sensuous
Mundane
19. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Concise
Archaic
Prurient
Pompous
20. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Convincing
Cynical
Evocative
Bizarre
21. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Flamboyant
Effeminate
Subjective
Victorian
22. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Eulogistic
Trite
Abstract
Facetious
23. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Lyrical
Detached
Farcical
Dreamlike
24. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Mundane
Satirical
Objective
Angry
25. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Ambiguous
Puritanical
Rhythmic
Childish
26. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Objective
Abstract
Depressing
Mournful
27. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Detached
Cynical
Baroque
Sardonic
28. Having the characteristics of a dream
Romantic
Anecdotal
Dreamlike
Detached
29. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Cynical
Pompous
Austere
Whimsical
30. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Ominous
Colloquial
Eulogistic
Angry
31. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Cinematic
Effeminate
Realistic
Fatalistic
32. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Concise
Detached
Realistic
Subjective
33. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Elegiac
Naturalistic
Contemptuous
Breezy
34. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Psychological
Decadent
Mournful
Stark
35. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Classical
Stark
Anecdotal
Victorian
36. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Naturalistic
Analytical
Impressionistic
Sensuous
37. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Emotional
Cynical
Crepuscular
Ambiguous
38. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Erudite
Nostalgic
Flamboyant
Objective
39. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Urbane
Parody
Naturalistic
Crepuscular
40. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Fatalistic
Ominous
Whimsical
Satirical
41. 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
Stark
Rhythmic
Cinematic
42. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Fatalistic
Terse
Concise
Mournful
43. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Eulogistic
Mournful
Anecdotal
Concise
44. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Ominous
Convoluted
Persuasive
Cinematic
45. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Whimsical
Fluid
Lyrical
Nostalgic
46. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Decadent
Realistic
Effeminate
Absurd
47. Resentful - enraged
Crepuscular
Convincing
Victorian
Angry
48. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Journalistic
Absurd
Whimsical
Eulogistic
49. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Comic
Erudite
Classical
Breezy
50. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Irreverent
Surrealistic
Subjective
Convoluted