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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. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Pious
Ominous
Effeminate
Flamboyant
2. Pointless and uninteresting
Satirical
Banal
Childish
Victorian
3. Resentful - enraged
Iconoclastic
Angry
Baroque
Realistic
4. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Contemptuous
Bizarre
Objective
Poetical
5. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Childish
Contemptuous
Journalistic
Earthy
6. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Abstract
Irreverent
Cynical
Bombastic
7. Sophisticated - socially polished
Satirical
Urbane
Poetical
Realistic
8. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Comic
Whimsical
Victorian
Psychological
9. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Cinematic
Realistic
Philosophical
Parody
10. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Naturalistic
Nostalgic
Persuasive
Effeminate
11. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Flamboyant
Nostalgic
Mournful
Analytical
12. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Cynical
Colloquial
Wordy
Absurd
13. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Surrealistic
Puritanical
Cinematic
Mundane
14. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Realistic
Irreverent
Expressionistic
Classical
15. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Urbane
Eulogistic
Sardonic
Expressionistic
16. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Poetical
Irreverent
Archaic
Trite
17. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Prurient
Evocative
Whimsical
Primitive
18. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Wordy
Urbane
Irreverent
Subjective
19. Pretentious and pompous
Concise
Irreverent
Bombastic
Mournful
20. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Pious
Angry
Farcical
Absurd
21. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Elegiac
Anecdotal
Crepuscular
Rhythmic
22. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Subjective
Analytical
Farcical
Angry
23. 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)
Stark
Sensuous
Subjective
Parody
24. Much given to strong feelings
Epistolary
Emotional
Austere
Bland
25. Effectively concise - brief
Baroque
Terse
Discursive
Psychological
26. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Discursive
Bombastic
Eulogistic
Puritanical
27. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Ominous
Satirical
Iconoclastic
Convincing
28. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Analytical
Dreamlike
Victorian
Impressionistic
29. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Parody
Victorian
Puritanical
Whimsical
30. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Flamboyant
Anecdotal
Ironic
Austere
31. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Emotional
Impressionistic
Detached
Analytical
32. Having two or more possible meanings
Sensuous
Contemptuous
Ambiguous
Elegiac
33. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Decadent
Nostalgic
Naturalistic
Journalistic
34. Having the characteristics of a dream
Dreamlike
Bombastic
Cynical
Depressing
35. Expressing contempt or disdain
Contemptuous
Classical
Eulogistic
Earthy
36. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Naturalistic
Iconoclastic
Breezy
Classical
37. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Absurd
Philosophical
Fluid
Dreamlike
38. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Persuasive
Rhythmic
Emotional
Absurd
39. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Parody
Mundane
Psychological
Realistic
40. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Philosophical
Poetical
Fatalistic
Baroque
41. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Ambiguous
Detached
Iconoclastic
Baroque
42. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Bombastic
Poetical
Erudite
Mournful
43. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Naturalistic
Satirical
Effeminate
Angry
44. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Absurd
Effeminate
Puritanical
Naturalistic
45. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Cinematic
Wordy
Anecdotal
Impressionistic
46. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Romantic
Pompous
Ambiguous
Sardonic
47. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Satirical
Discursive
Abstract
Surrealistic
48. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Eulogistic
Mundane
Ironic
Stark
49. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Elegiac
Satirical
Depressing
Impressionistic
50. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Confessional
Pompous
Farcical
Puritanical