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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. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Cinematic
Ironic
Mundane
Erudite
2. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Pious
Psychological
Sardonic
Irreverent
3. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Fluid
Philosophical
Evocative
Childish
4. Involving letters
Objective
Satirical
Epistolary
Eulogistic
5. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Colloquial
Abstract
Ironic
Trite
6. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Banal
Crepuscular
Pious
Puritanical
7. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Abstract
Classical
Pious
Crepuscular
8. Unusually strange or odd
Bizarre
Lyrical
Bland
Poetical
9. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Decadent
Journalistic
Epistolary
Childish
10. Effectively concise - brief
Psychological
Erudite
Angry
Terse
11. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Depressing
Cinematic
Wordy
Persuasive
12. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Emotional
Irreverent
Decadent
Lyrical
13. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Baroque
Ironic
Farcical
Bizarre
14. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Pious
Sensuous
Eulogistic
Surrealistic
15. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Ambiguous
Epistolary
Satirical
Ironic
16. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Absurd
Prurient
Realistic
Primitive
17. Resentful - enraged
Analytical
Abstract
Erudite
Angry
18. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Realistic
Rhythmic
Comic
Flamboyant
19. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Analytical
Fluid
Lyrical
Trite
20. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Rhythmic
Persuasive
Puritanical
Romantic
21. Much given to strong feelings
Satirical
Abstract
Emotional
Baroque
22. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Bizarre
Ironic
Earthy
Contemptuous
23. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Rhythmic
Bizarre
Psychological
Iconoclastic
24. Pretentious and pompous
Bombastic
Mournful
Absurd
Baroque
25. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Realistic
Cinematic
Pompous
Expressionistic
26. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Psychological
Naturalistic
Bland
Wordy
27. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Lyrical
Affected
Stark
Anecdotal
28. Expressing contempt or disdain
Discursive
Decadent
Eulogistic
Contemptuous
29. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Sardonic
Satirical
Farcical
Surrealistic
30. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Eulogistic
Objective
Psychological
Austere
31. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Persuasive
Angry
Sardonic
Cinematic
32. Learned - scholarly
Terse
Epistolary
Nostalgic
Erudite
33. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Ambiguous
Philosophical
Metaphorical
Bombastic
34. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Victorian
Austere
Wordy
Primitive
35. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Iconoclastic
Cynical
Mundane
Lyrical
36. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Trite
Rhythmic
Subjective
Effeminate
37. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Iconoclastic
Convoluted
Evocative
Eulogistic
38. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Epistolary
Ambiguous
Comic
Confessional
39. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Stark
Effeminate
Primitive
Farcical
40. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Breezy
Victorian
Pious
Irreverent
41. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Convincing
Objective
Elegiac
Philosophical
42. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Puritanical
Depressing
Parody
Metaphorical
43. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Subjective
Ambiguous
Convoluted
Fatalistic
44. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Absurd
Parody
Bizarre
Persuasive
45. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Ominous
Breezy
Rhythmic
Journalistic
46. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Pious
Victorian
Stark
Primitive
47. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Expressionistic
Cynical
Convoluted
Pompous
48. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Breezy
Nostalgic
Metaphorical
Surrealistic
49. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Sensuous
Evocative
Rhythmic
Mournful
50. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Fatalistic
Satirical
Facetious
Victorian