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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Poetical
Colloquial
Puritanical
Pious
2. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Confessional
Psychological
Prurient
Whimsical
3. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Anecdotal
Ominous
Impressionistic
Subjective
4. Learned - scholarly
Erudite
Ironic
Eulogistic
Evocative
5. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Persuasive
Mournful
Journalistic
Austere
6. Having the characteristics of a dream
Subjective
Angry
Dreamlike
Expressionistic
7. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Cynical
Psychological
Puritanical
Discursive
8. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Philosophical
Eulogistic
Banal
Pompous
9. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Poetical
Elegiac
Confessional
Irreverent
10. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Pious
Archaic
Decadent
Sardonic
11. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Contemptuous
Trite
Detached
Flamboyant
12. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Cinematic
Contemptuous
Earthy
Mournful
13. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Surrealistic
Ambiguous
Lyrical
Eulogistic
14. Resentful - enraged
Pompous
Objective
Elegiac
Angry
15. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Objective
Puritanical
Austere
Confessional
16. Pointless and uninteresting
Nostalgic
Subjective
Banal
Confessional
17. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Detached
Classical
Whimsical
Bombastic
18. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Decadent
Bizarre
Convoluted
Sardonic
19. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Ambiguous
Bombastic
Expressionistic
Emotional
20. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Breezy
Colloquial
Affected
Convincing
21. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Crepuscular
Cinematic
Iconoclastic
Effeminate
22. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Affected
Facetious
Farcical
Stark
23. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Expressionistic
Philosophical
Farcical
Metaphorical
24. Having two or more possible meanings
Ambiguous
Detached
Depressing
Bizarre
25. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Mournful
Discursive
Evocative
Persuasive
26. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Contemptuous
Emotional
Stark
Victorian
27. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Journalistic
Fatalistic
Metaphorical
Nostalgic
28. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Ironic
Pious
Confessional
Poetical
29. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Psychological
Surrealistic
Flamboyant
Mundane
30. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Fatalistic
Persuasive
Childish
Psychological
31. Effectively concise - brief
Terse
Puritanical
Lyrical
Satirical
32. Involving letters
Objective
Epistolary
Whimsical
Romantic
33. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Cynical
Fatalistic
Victorian
Metaphorical
34. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Abstract
Absurd
Convoluted
Psychological
35. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Psychological
Surrealistic
Flamboyant
Evocative
36. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Breezy
Elegiac
Ominous
Satirical
37. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Metaphorical
Naturalistic
Rhythmic
Expressionistic
38. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Contemptuous
Terse
Journalistic
Confessional
39. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Pious
Expressionistic
Rhythmic
Sensuous
40. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Naturalistic
Flamboyant
Evocative
Nostalgic
41. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Convoluted
Trite
Cynical
Prurient
42. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Wordy
Contemptuous
Discursive
Effeminate
43. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Metaphorical
Epistolary
Realistic
Ironic
44. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Journalistic
Trite
Sensuous
Abstract
45. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Analytical
Comic
Depressing
Subjective
46. Sophisticated - socially polished
Urbane
Cinematic
Iconoclastic
Nostalgic
47. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Discursive
Eulogistic
Convoluted
Confessional
48. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Childish
Absurd
Poetical
Mundane
49. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Farcical
Angry
Absurd
Cinematic
50. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Farcical
Irreverent
Emotional
Surrealistic