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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. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Absurd
Ambiguous
Comic
Philosophical
2. Involving letters
Epistolary
Facetious
Childish
Confessional
3. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Contemptuous
Earthy
Elegiac
Dreamlike
4. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Journalistic
Persuasive
Objective
Realistic
5. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Bizarre
Flamboyant
Fluid
Comic
6. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Farcical
Lyrical
Mundane
Banal
7. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Abstract
Sensuous
Comic
Austere
8. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Colloquial
Victorian
Contemptuous
Decadent
9. Resentful - enraged
Flamboyant
Angry
Metaphorical
Colloquial
10. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Austere
Cinematic
Abstract
Pompous
11. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Banal
Analytical
Cinematic
Emotional
12. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Pious
Affected
Dreamlike
Whimsical
13. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Abstract
Fluid
Cinematic
Sardonic
14. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Evocative
Earthy
Cinematic
Surrealistic
15. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Eulogistic
Puritanical
Journalistic
Baroque
16. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Terse
Elegiac
Prurient
Irreverent
17. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Fluid
Psychological
Pompous
Mournful
18. 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)
Journalistic
Breezy
Poetical
Parody
19. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Puritanical
Bizarre
Trite
Irreverent
20. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Absurd
Wordy
Journalistic
Concise
21. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Terse
Rhythmic
Angry
Discursive
22. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Pious
Irreverent
Epistolary
Terse
23. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Urbane
Fatalistic
Mundane
Ambiguous
24. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Psychological
Effeminate
Facetious
Affected
25. Having two or more possible meanings
Breezy
Mournful
Ambiguous
Puritanical
26. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Iconoclastic
Cynical
Expressionistic
Cinematic
27. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Realistic
Persuasive
Parody
Ironic
28. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Expressionistic
Impressionistic
Baroque
Decadent
29. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Nostalgic
Facetious
Lyrical
Emotional
30. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Earthy
Contemptuous
Detached
Depressing
31. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Naturalistic
Lyrical
Poetical
Prurient
32. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Sensuous
Mournful
Journalistic
Bombastic
33. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Affected
Ironic
Archaic
Epistolary
34. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Decadent
Ambiguous
Metaphorical
Baroque
35. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Parody
Fluid
Decadent
Comic
36. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Detached
Terse
Convoluted
Facetious
37. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Breezy
Ominous
Persuasive
Sardonic
38. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Analytical
Colloquial
Effeminate
Impressionistic
39. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Austere
Mundane
Evocative
Primitive
40. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Mundane
Satirical
Ironic
Banal
41. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Naturalistic
Classical
Poetical
Childish
42. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Realistic
Fatalistic
Philosophical
Subjective
43. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Comic
Ironic
Abstract
Classical
44. Pointless and uninteresting
Persuasive
Urbane
Banal
Satirical
45. Using very few words to express a great deal
Earthy
Bizarre
Concise
Victorian
46. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Flamboyant
Rhythmic
Primitive
Ironic
47. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Banal
Persuasive
Metaphorical
Evocative
48. Flowing smoothly
Fluid
Confessional
Convincing
Erudite
49. Pretentious and pompous
Detached
Dreamlike
Bombastic
Discursive
50. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Naturalistic
Ironic
Crepuscular
Abstract