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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. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Journalistic
Whimsical
Prurient
Wordy
2. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Prurient
Bizarre
Earthy
Lyrical
3. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Impressionistic
Psychological
Satirical
Mundane
4. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Psychological
Rhythmic
Terse
Impressionistic
5. Involving letters
Childish
Ominous
Epistolary
Bizarre
6. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Facetious
Eulogistic
Objective
Ambiguous
7. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Whimsical
Decadent
Earthy
Affected
8. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Comic
Analytical
Crepuscular
Objective
9. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Ironic
Eulogistic
Austere
Ominous
10. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Objective
Pious
Metaphorical
Satirical
11. In the style of an earlier period
Puritanical
Persuasive
Archaic
Irreverent
12. 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)
Ambiguous
Mournful
Impressionistic
Parody
13. Having two or more possible meanings
Elegiac
Surrealistic
Expressionistic
Ambiguous
14. Pretentious and pompous
Persuasive
Convincing
Bombastic
Erudite
15. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Sensuous
Analytical
Primitive
Mundane
16. Much given to strong feelings
Concise
Eulogistic
Emotional
Archaic
17. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Austere
Analytical
Baroque
Emotional
18. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Realistic
Victorian
Subjective
Colloquial
19. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Breezy
Elegiac
Nostalgic
Baroque
20. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Impressionistic
Whimsical
Erudite
Rhythmic
21. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Discursive
Wordy
Parody
Poetical
22. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Emotional
Psychological
Decadent
Concise
23. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Flamboyant
Prurient
Trite
Cinematic
24. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Romantic
Pious
Cynical
Naturalistic
25. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Fatalistic
Psychological
Mundane
Decadent
26. Unusually strange or odd
Pompous
Bizarre
Contemptuous
Banal
27. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Irreverent
Emotional
Cinematic
Naturalistic
28. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Colloquial
Sensuous
Expressionistic
Stark
29. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Irreverent
Abstract
Puritanical
Dreamlike
30. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Abstract
Convoluted
Trite
Mournful
31. Using very few words to express a great deal
Concise
Mundane
Farcical
Erudite
32. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Victorian
Stark
Ambiguous
Erudite
33. 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
Romantic
Emotional
Puritanical
Evocative
34. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Pompous
Surrealistic
Bizarre
Detached
35. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Pious
Pompous
Parody
Mournful
36. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Puritanical
Detached
Irreverent
Sensuous
37. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Childish
Fatalistic
Crepuscular
Colloquial
38. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Journalistic
Detached
Satirical
Prurient
39. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Primitive
Urbane
Wordy
Bland
40. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Whimsical
Confessional
Wordy
Ironic
41. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Subjective
Mundane
Contemptuous
Detached
42. Learned - scholarly
Surrealistic
Satirical
Erudite
Banal
43. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Emotional
Victorian
Depressing
Austere
44. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Facetious
Comic
Trite
Baroque
45. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Affected
Expressionistic
Bombastic
Ironic
46. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Confessional
Cinematic
Evocative
Archaic
47. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Ominous
Dreamlike
Terse
Flamboyant
48. Effectively concise - brief
Terse
Realistic
Parody
Concise
49. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Bombastic
Absurd
Mournful
Confessional
50. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Irreverent
Victorian
Cinematic
Convincing