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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. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Analytical
Sardonic
Mournful
Pompous
2. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Analytical
Terse
Psychological
Childish
3. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Dreamlike
Farcical
Impressionistic
Journalistic
4. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Convincing
Poetical
Iconoclastic
Abstract
5. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Surrealistic
Dreamlike
Baroque
Whimsical
6. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Discursive
Subjective
Classical
Analytical
7. Having the characteristics of a dream
Dreamlike
Surrealistic
Convincing
Elegiac
8. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Evocative
Elegiac
Rhythmic
Psychological
9. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Irreverent
Urbane
Analytical
Metaphorical
10. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Childish
Trite
Cinematic
Breezy
11. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Urbane
Naturalistic
Facetious
Subjective
12. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Epistolary
Eulogistic
Confessional
Colloquial
13. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Terse
Stark
Anecdotal
Sensuous
14. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Bland
Parody
Austere
Journalistic
15. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Prurient
Victorian
Decadent
Convoluted
16. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Ambiguous
Effeminate
Confessional
Cinematic
17. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Detached
Cinematic
Realistic
Dreamlike
18. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Archaic
Abstract
Childish
Wordy
19. Pretentious and pompous
Bombastic
Breezy
Prurient
Victorian
20. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Banal
Romantic
Abstract
Objective
21. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Romantic
Poetical
Discursive
Fluid
22. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Wordy
Ambiguous
Lyrical
Absurd
23. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Facetious
Persuasive
Comic
Terse
24. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Rhythmic
Victorian
Archaic
Classical
25. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Sardonic
Colloquial
Cinematic
Detached
26. Effectively concise - brief
Prurient
Epistolary
Terse
Urbane
27. Expressing contempt or disdain
Contemptuous
Earthy
Surrealistic
Archaic
28. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Angry
Impressionistic
Surrealistic
Earthy
29. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Romantic
Philosophical
Terse
Angry
30. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Bland
Parody
Impressionistic
Fatalistic
31. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Convoluted
Primitive
Crepuscular
Eulogistic
32. Flowing smoothly
Convoluted
Fluid
Persuasive
Concise
33. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Depressing
Analytical
Epistolary
Emotional
34. In the style of an earlier period
Archaic
Subjective
Affected
Impressionistic
35. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Cynical
Pompous
Discursive
Farcical
36. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Satirical
Sardonic
Breezy
Earthy
37. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Nostalgic
Mournful
Mundane
Contemptuous
38. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Bizarre
Whimsical
Affected
Realistic
39. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Expressionistic
Satirical
Analytical
Prurient
40. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Crepuscular
Poetical
Contemptuous
Affected
41. Using very few words to express a great deal
Concise
Romantic
Archaic
Flamboyant
42. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Convincing
Decadent
Classical
Lyrical
43. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Expressionistic
Metaphorical
Stark
Ominous
44. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Primitive
Persuasive
Puritanical
Sensuous
45. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Ominous
Naturalistic
Romantic
Parody
46. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Nostalgic
Elegiac
Classical
Lyrical
47. 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
Irreverent
Objective
Stark
Romantic
48. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Urbane
Classical
Poetical
Realistic
49. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Evocative
Breezy
Journalistic
Surrealistic
50. Resentful - enraged
Classical
Convoluted
Angry
Absurd