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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Confessional
Rhythmic
Prurient
Naturalistic
2. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Breezy
Pompous
Sensuous
Dreamlike
3. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Eulogistic
Affected
Cynical
Nostalgic
4. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Sardonic
Abstract
Detached
Lyrical
5. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Confessional
Parody
Comic
Whimsical
6. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Stark
Discursive
Anecdotal
Impressionistic
7. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Ominous
Anecdotal
Eulogistic
Nostalgic
8. 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)
Whimsical
Crepuscular
Fluid
Parody
9. Resentful - enraged
Angry
Parody
Cynical
Anecdotal
10. Using very few words to express a great deal
Urbane
Sardonic
Concise
Emotional
11. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Affected
Objective
Mundane
Eulogistic
12. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Convoluted
Confessional
Ironic
Farcical
13. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Crepuscular
Dreamlike
Convincing
Bombastic
14. Effectively concise - brief
Convoluted
Subjective
Terse
Anecdotal
15. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Dreamlike
Elegiac
Bizarre
Nostalgic
16. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Stark
Impressionistic
Bizarre
Dreamlike
17. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Parody
Pompous
Bland
Farcical
18. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Ironic
Terse
Convincing
Persuasive
19. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Confessional
Psychological
Sensuous
Lyrical
20. In the style of an earlier period
Archaic
Romantic
Trite
Effeminate
21. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Lyrical
Sardonic
Wordy
Parody
22. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Irreverent
Elegiac
Facetious
Philosophical
23. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Flamboyant
Colloquial
Sensuous
Effeminate
24. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Realistic
Naturalistic
Surrealistic
Evocative
25. Learned - scholarly
Baroque
Psychological
Austere
Erudite
26. Pretentious and pompous
Poetical
Stark
Wordy
Bombastic
27. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Detached
Evocative
Journalistic
Trite
28. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Ironic
Puritanical
Realistic
Elegiac
29. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Affected
Prurient
Fatalistic
Discursive
30. Having two or more possible meanings
Comic
Banal
Childish
Ambiguous
31. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Crepuscular
Childish
Irreverent
Angry
32. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Decadent
Earthy
Fluid
Bland
33. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Discursive
Anecdotal
Emotional
Abstract
34. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Wordy
Psychological
Iconoclastic
Flamboyant
35. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Classical
Mournful
Epistolary
Archaic
36. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Affected
Breezy
Philosophical
Detached
37. Expressing contempt or disdain
Concise
Contemptuous
Realistic
Emotional
38. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Analytical
Philosophical
Terse
Rhythmic
39. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Irreverent
Baroque
Impressionistic
Sardonic
40. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Facetious
Effeminate
Puritanical
Realistic
41. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Irreverent
Ambiguous
Impressionistic
Austere
42. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Archaic
Bland
Classical
Epistolary
43. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Elegiac
Puritanical
Baroque
Lyrical
44. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Emotional
Naturalistic
Banal
Pious
45. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Earthy
Facetious
Expressionistic
Sardonic
46. Sophisticated - socially polished
Subjective
Abstract
Urbane
Emotional
47. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Ominous
Journalistic
Colloquial
Austere
48. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Depressing
Colloquial
Expressionistic
Bizarre
49. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Eulogistic
Cinematic
Ambiguous
Baroque
50. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Analytical
Pious
Parody
Archaic