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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. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Persuasive
Lyrical
Flamboyant
Convincing
2. Unusually strange or odd
Parody
Dreamlike
Satirical
Bizarre
3. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Victorian
Elegiac
Austere
Terse
4. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Sardonic
Confessional
Epistolary
Urbane
5. Much given to strong feelings
Earthy
Emotional
Convoluted
Stark
6. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Ambiguous
Classical
Discursive
Convoluted
7. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Comic
Colloquial
Contemptuous
Whimsical
8. Pretentious and pompous
Subjective
Depressing
Baroque
Bombastic
9. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Baroque
Angry
Pompous
Dreamlike
10. 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
Pompous
Facetious
Ironic
Romantic
11. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Wordy
Ominous
Eulogistic
Discursive
12. Expressing contempt or disdain
Elegiac
Nostalgic
Contemptuous
Irreverent
13. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Colloquial
Subjective
Childish
Comic
14. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Abstract
Discursive
Rhythmic
Persuasive
15. Using very few words to express a great deal
Iconoclastic
Concise
Satirical
Crepuscular
16. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Evocative
Absurd
Ironic
Decadent
17. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Poetical
Concise
Austere
Rhythmic
18. Having two or more possible meanings
Terse
Objective
Fluid
Ambiguous
19. Effectively concise - brief
Effeminate
Terse
Fluid
Emotional
20. Involving letters
Realistic
Epistolary
Elegiac
Poetical
21. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Cynical
Analytical
Abstract
Anecdotal
22. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Evocative
Poetical
Naturalistic
Ironic
23. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Iconoclastic
Childish
Affected
Journalistic
24. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Romantic
Colloquial
Earthy
Erudite
25. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Archaic
Depressing
Subjective
Stark
26. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Contemptuous
Journalistic
Urbane
Farcical
27. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Philosophical
Naturalistic
Mournful
Archaic
28. Learned - scholarly
Journalistic
Pious
Erudite
Ominous
29. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Eulogistic
Prurient
Confessional
Ominous
30. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Trite
Discursive
Sardonic
Metaphorical
31. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Decadent
Metaphorical
Evocative
Ambiguous
32. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Philosophical
Naturalistic
Psychological
Primitive
33. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Rhythmic
Trite
Nostalgic
Banal
34. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Cinematic
Mournful
Epistolary
Romantic
35. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Elegiac
Breezy
Anecdotal
Irreverent
36. Sophisticated - socially polished
Effeminate
Austere
Urbane
Archaic
37. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Impressionistic
Ironic
Detached
Parody
38. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Satirical
Bland
Erudite
Objective
39. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Naturalistic
Fatalistic
Bland
Detached
40. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Convincing
Ominous
Flamboyant
Satirical
41. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Pious
Decadent
Whimsical
Surrealistic
42. Resentful - enraged
Primitive
Angry
Ominous
Cinematic
43. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Detached
Analytical
Absurd
Bombastic
44. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Parody
Austere
Contemptuous
Primitive
45. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Epistolary
Fatalistic
Rhythmic
Depressing
46. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Decadent
Contemptuous
Irreverent
Philosophical
47. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Subjective
Bizarre
Archaic
Nostalgic
48. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Bizarre
Wordy
Iconoclastic
Austere
49. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Decadent
Flamboyant
Evocative
Impressionistic
50. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Epistolary
Subjective
Facetious
Effeminate