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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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1. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Urbane
Ironic
Affected
Epistolary
2. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Convincing
Cynical
Poetical
Bland
3. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Bland
Lyrical
Urbane
Facetious
4. Using very few words to express a great deal
Banal
Parody
Austere
Concise
5. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Philosophical
Anecdotal
Crepuscular
Erudite
6. Involving letters
Convincing
Absurd
Epistolary
Ambiguous
7. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Affected
Sardonic
Breezy
Primitive
8. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Realistic
Evocative
Primitive
Trite
9. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Comic
Breezy
Childish
Earthy
10. Learned - scholarly
Naturalistic
Rhythmic
Erudite
Puritanical
11. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Comic
Discursive
Colloquial
Persuasive
12. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Ambiguous
Colloquial
Objective
Expressionistic
13. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Crepuscular
Nostalgic
Pious
Pompous
14. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Crepuscular
Persuasive
Austere
Puritanical
15. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Absurd
Analytical
Breezy
Farcical
16. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Puritanical
Irreverent
Pious
Surrealistic
17. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Philosophical
Sensuous
Journalistic
Confessional
18. Pretentious and pompous
Bombastic
Crepuscular
Absurd
Journalistic
19. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Eulogistic
Discursive
Realistic
Epistolary
20. Having two or more possible meanings
Romantic
Ambiguous
Pious
Lyrical
21. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Victorian
Angry
Dreamlike
Impressionistic
22. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Fatalistic
Eulogistic
Romantic
Elegiac
23. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Angry
Prurient
Classical
Anecdotal
24. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Anecdotal
Flamboyant
Baroque
Ominous
25. Unusually strange or odd
Satirical
Absurd
Elegiac
Bizarre
26. Effectively concise - brief
Depressing
Evocative
Absurd
Terse
27. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Convincing
Lyrical
Psychological
Pious
28. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Depressing
Prurient
Facetious
Stark
29. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Lyrical
Eulogistic
Journalistic
Classical
30. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Eulogistic
Naturalistic
Crepuscular
Discursive
31. Much given to strong feelings
Colloquial
Angry
Epistolary
Emotional
32. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Bizarre
Sardonic
Mundane
Whimsical
33. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Analytical
Psychological
Puritanical
Journalistic
34. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Facetious
Ironic
Surrealistic
Effeminate
35. Expressing contempt or disdain
Comic
Discursive
Whimsical
Contemptuous
36. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Austere
Objective
Philosophical
Puritanical
37. Sophisticated - socially polished
Erudite
Subjective
Urbane
Philosophical
38. 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
Earthy
Romantic
Detached
Victorian
39. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Urbane
Parody
Confessional
Anecdotal
40. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Primitive
Confessional
Whimsical
Facetious
41. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Cynical
Emotional
Mournful
Puritanical
42. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Sensuous
Nostalgic
Epistolary
Evocative
43. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Convincing
Persuasive
Breezy
Subjective
44. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Sardonic
Effeminate
Irreverent
Convoluted
45. Having the characteristics of a dream
Pious
Terse
Colloquial
Dreamlike
46. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Primitive
Epistolary
Absurd
Mundane
47. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Ominous
Primitive
Elegiac
Romantic
48. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Expressionistic
Impressionistic
Dreamlike
Elegiac
49. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Discursive
Romantic
Irreverent
Austere
50. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Fluid
Convincing
Abstract
Earthy
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