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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. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Breezy
Impressionistic
Wordy
Concise
2. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Parody
Archaic
Detached
Classical
3. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Rhythmic
Angry
Expressionistic
Ironic
4. In the style of an earlier period
Ironic
Archaic
Effeminate
Pious
5. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Irreverent
Analytical
Prurient
Mundane
6. Involving letters
Baroque
Epistolary
Erudite
Concise
7. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Impressionistic
Subjective
Fluid
Bizarre
8. Using very few words to express a great deal
Ironic
Concise
Decadent
Nostalgic
9. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Flamboyant
Primitive
Sardonic
Ominous
10. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Iconoclastic
Farcical
Facetious
Abstract
11. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Banal
Primitive
Philosophical
Pious
12. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Trite
Whimsical
Emotional
Analytical
13. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Fatalistic
Bland
Mournful
Irreverent
14. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Journalistic
Ominous
Persuasive
Depressing
15. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Analytical
Pompous
Childish
Erudite
16. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Effeminate
Comic
Austere
Contemptuous
17. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Childish
Colloquial
Objective
Earthy
18. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Metaphorical
Eulogistic
Sensuous
Victorian
19. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Eulogistic
Fluid
Rhythmic
Impressionistic
20. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Mundane
Detached
Journalistic
Confessional
21. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Irreverent
Convincing
Comic
Abstract
22. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Farcical
Irreverent
Naturalistic
Colloquial
23. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Confessional
Abstract
Elegiac
Whimsical
24. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Trite
Discursive
Subjective
Parody
25. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Pious
Abstract
Mundane
Evocative
26. 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
Angry
Irreverent
Philosophical
27. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Facetious
Naturalistic
Fluid
Absurd
28. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Effeminate
Depressing
Victorian
Bland
29. Sophisticated - socially polished
Ominous
Flamboyant
Urbane
Farcical
30. Unusually strange or odd
Prurient
Concise
Journalistic
Bizarre
31. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Effeminate
Romantic
Rhythmic
Wordy
32. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Confessional
Irreverent
Elegiac
Pious
33. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Sensuous
Affected
Surrealistic
Mournful
34. Resentful - enraged
Sardonic
Mundane
Depressing
Angry
35. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Depressing
Persuasive
Sardonic
Anecdotal
36. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Contemptuous
Psychological
Prurient
Earthy
37. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Emotional
Nostalgic
Bombastic
Earthy
38. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Colloquial
Evocative
Rhythmic
Concise
39. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Irreverent
Breezy
Ambiguous
Objective
40. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Parody
Baroque
Objective
Decadent
41. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Erudite
Stark
Fatalistic
Absurd
42. Flowing smoothly
Classical
Victorian
Impressionistic
Fluid
43. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Pompous
Realistic
Romantic
Persuasive
44. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Lyrical
Flamboyant
Comic
Childish
45. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Facetious
Austere
Wordy
Abstract
46. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Affected
Ominous
Poetical
Convoluted
47. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Detached
Farcical
Classical
Whimsical
48. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Flamboyant
Depressing
Expressionistic
Pious
49. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Persuasive
Sensuous
Abstract
Surrealistic
50. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Objective
Confessional
Romantic
Puritanical