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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Pompous
Journalistic
Parody
Childish
2. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Comic
Decadent
Bland
Evocative
3. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Flamboyant
Persuasive
Abstract
Anecdotal
4. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Trite
Farcical
Pompous
Rhythmic
5. Using very few words to express a great deal
Metaphorical
Terse
Concise
Baroque
6. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Victorian
Analytical
Romantic
Depressing
7. Effectively concise - brief
Bombastic
Victorian
Affected
Terse
8. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Erudite
Eulogistic
Whimsical
Banal
9. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Flamboyant
Fatalistic
Subjective
Elegiac
10. Pointless and uninteresting
Objective
Comic
Banal
Satirical
11. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Absurd
Flamboyant
Earthy
Analytical
12. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Psychological
Archaic
Fatalistic
Journalistic
13. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Parody
Romantic
Effeminate
Expressionistic
14. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Fluid
Classical
Breezy
Childish
15. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Surrealistic
Convoluted
Banal
Epistolary
16. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Journalistic
Angry
Surrealistic
Evocative
17. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Classical
Victorian
Depressing
Bland
18. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Anecdotal
Facetious
Stark
Affected
19. Resentful - enraged
Concise
Effeminate
Angry
Austere
20. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Contemptuous
Iconoclastic
Farcical
Elegiac
21. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Cinematic
Pious
Eulogistic
Austere
22. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Effeminate
Mournful
Emotional
Objective
23. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Breezy
Primitive
Contemptuous
Lyrical
24. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Banal
Cinematic
Surrealistic
Terse
25. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Journalistic
Sensuous
Wordy
Crepuscular
26. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Austere
Trite
Satirical
Persuasive
27. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Puritanical
Austere
Satirical
Evocative
28. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Childish
Classical
Journalistic
Philosophical
29. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Discursive
Decadent
Psychological
Philosophical
30. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Primitive
Convincing
Emotional
Archaic
31. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Sardonic
Realistic
Ironic
Urbane
32. Unusually strange or odd
Romantic
Prurient
Depressing
Bizarre
33. Having the characteristics of a dream
Pompous
Dreamlike
Pious
Eulogistic
34. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Depressing
Mournful
Rhythmic
Earthy
35. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Fluid
Emotional
Poetical
Anecdotal
36. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Cinematic
Comic
Anecdotal
Earthy
37. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Objective
Pompous
Naturalistic
Persuasive
38. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Ominous
Victorian
Terse
Breezy
39. Much given to strong feelings
Surrealistic
Contemptuous
Emotional
Philosophical
40. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Naturalistic
Surrealistic
Detached
Eulogistic
41. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Persuasive
Absurd
Wordy
Nostalgic
42. Learned - scholarly
Nostalgic
Journalistic
Absurd
Erudite
43. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Classical
Fatalistic
Sensuous
Victorian
44. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Facetious
Effeminate
Fluid
Colloquial
45. 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
Earthy
Bizarre
Prurient
46. Having two or more possible meanings
Erudite
Pious
Ambiguous
Effeminate
47. Involving letters
Objective
Elegiac
Epistolary
Sensuous
48. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Metaphorical
Affected
Discursive
Fatalistic
49. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Trite
Colloquial
Philosophical
Bizarre
50. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Sardonic
Colloquial
Classical
Poetical