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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. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Realistic
Austere
Facetious
Victorian
2. Having the characteristics of a dream
Parody
Earthy
Dreamlike
Whimsical
3. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Irreverent
Facetious
Convoluted
Affected
4. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Flamboyant
Classical
Whimsical
Objective
5. Much given to strong feelings
Emotional
Farcical
Convincing
Bland
6. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Analytical
Stark
Austere
Convoluted
7. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Elegiac
Cinematic
Pious
Anecdotal
8. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Nostalgic
Archaic
Convincing
Irreverent
9. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Iconoclastic
Angry
Detached
Mundane
10. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Rhythmic
Banal
Discursive
Iconoclastic
11. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Puritanical
Effeminate
Primitive
Confessional
12. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Expressionistic
Colloquial
Ambiguous
Iconoclastic
13. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Flamboyant
Erudite
Sensuous
Detached
14. Pointless and uninteresting
Discursive
Baroque
Angry
Banal
15. Sophisticated - socially polished
Expressionistic
Irreverent
Urbane
Fluid
16. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Bland
Stark
Crepuscular
Detached
17. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Confessional
Lyrical
Convoluted
Decadent
18. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Whimsical
Childish
Sardonic
Nostalgic
19. Using very few words to express a great deal
Concise
Primitive
Terse
Cynical
20. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Abstract
Nostalgic
Anecdotal
Confessional
21. Having two or more possible meanings
Parody
Prurient
Eulogistic
Ambiguous
22. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Ironic
Convoluted
Farcical
Depressing
23. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Subjective
Earthy
Decadent
Wordy
24. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Anecdotal
Affected
Persuasive
Stark
25. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Discursive
Effeminate
Breezy
Surrealistic
26. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Analytical
Persuasive
Affected
Nostalgic
27. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Objective
Urbane
Iconoclastic
Mundane
28. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Emotional
Comic
Objective
Fatalistic
29. Unusually strange or odd
Bizarre
Metaphorical
Expressionistic
Dreamlike
30. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Metaphorical
Absurd
Childish
Expressionistic
31. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Psychological
Sensuous
Mundane
Evocative
32. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Flamboyant
Bizarre
Dreamlike
Colloquial
33. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Crepuscular
Cynical
Whimsical
Bland
34. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Decadent
Primitive
Anecdotal
Ominous
35. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Epistolary
Classical
Nostalgic
Surrealistic
36. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Nostalgic
Expressionistic
Terse
Sardonic
37. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Urbane
Wordy
Impressionistic
Bizarre
38. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Absurd
Pious
Mundane
Sardonic
39. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Childish
Metaphorical
Irreverent
Facetious
40. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Convoluted
Realistic
Elegiac
Stark
41. 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
Trite
Eulogistic
Elegiac
Romantic
42. Learned - scholarly
Sensuous
Bizarre
Eulogistic
Erudite
43. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Decadent
Evocative
Subjective
Wordy
44. Pretentious and pompous
Detached
Urbane
Sensuous
Bombastic
45. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Earthy
Psychological
Cinematic
Bland
46. Involving letters
Epistolary
Whimsical
Fatalistic
Elegiac
47. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Expressionistic
Primitive
Effeminate
Concise
48. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Baroque
Farcical
Austere
Mournful
49. Expressing contempt or disdain
Contemptuous
Satirical
Impressionistic
Erudite
50. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Mundane
Breezy
Fatalistic
Sardonic