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AP Tone And Style Vocab

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize






2. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)






3. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures






4. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively






5. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')






6. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images






7. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead






8. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths






9. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous






10. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly






11. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts






12. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality






13. Strict or severe in matters or morality






14. Involving letters






15. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual






16. Theoretical - without reference to specifics






17. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality






18. Flowing smoothly






19. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended






20. Having the characteristics of a dream






21. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected






22. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say






23. Pretentious and pompous






24. Persuasive - believable - plausible






25. Resentful - enraged






26. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental






27. Learned - scholarly






28. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation






29. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration






30. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow






31. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful






32. 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






33. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)






34. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)






35. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered






36. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial






37. Characterized by personal admissions of faults






38. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)






39. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism






40. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature






41. Sophisticated - socially polished






42. Much given to strong feelings






43. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)






44. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental






45. Soft - delicate - unmanly






46. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)






47. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned






48. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous






49. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)






50. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses