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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. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Impressionistic
Sardonic
Mournful
Ominous
2. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Baroque
Bizarre
Absurd
Expressionistic
3. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Wordy
Cinematic
Journalistic
Objective
4. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Ominous
Cynical
Realistic
Prurient
5. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Rhythmic
Contemptuous
Ironic
Childish
6. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Lyrical
Cinematic
Ironic
Surrealistic
7. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Bland
Concise
Angry
Realistic
8. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Depressing
Elegiac
Pompous
Mundane
9. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Anecdotal
Terse
Dreamlike
Wordy
10. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Naturalistic
Irreverent
Farcical
Psychological
11. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Fluid
Erudite
Puritanical
Concise
12. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Flamboyant
Detached
Fluid
Sardonic
13. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Eulogistic
Colloquial
Austere
Urbane
14. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Discursive
Persuasive
Rhythmic
Absurd
15. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Concise
Iconoclastic
Sensuous
Analytical
16. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Prurient
Comic
Banal
Epistolary
17. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Pious
Poetical
Austere
Victorian
18. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Realistic
Discursive
Earthy
Depressing
19. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Discursive
Ambiguous
Epistolary
Fatalistic
20. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Elegiac
Crepuscular
Bland
Earthy
21. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Iconoclastic
Parody
Stark
Classical
22. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Whimsical
Pious
Convoluted
Stark
23. In the style of an earlier period
Archaic
Objective
Realistic
Bland
24. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Stark
Decadent
Fluid
Convincing
25. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Trite
Epistolary
Convoluted
Sardonic
26. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Classical
Emotional
Mundane
Metaphorical
27. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Wordy
Ironic
Surrealistic
Baroque
28. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Expressionistic
Facetious
Evocative
Trite
29. Pointless and uninteresting
Austere
Banal
Epistolary
Metaphorical
30. Pretentious and pompous
Whimsical
Subjective
Expressionistic
Bombastic
31. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Pious
Journalistic
Decadent
Austere
32. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Objective
Irreverent
Banal
Colloquial
33. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Primitive
Bland
Satirical
Dreamlike
34. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Sensuous
Ironic
Objective
Lyrical
35. Having two or more possible meanings
Sardonic
Ambiguous
Parody
Expressionistic
36. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Analytical
Affected
Absurd
Colloquial
37. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Persuasive
Confessional
Evocative
Cinematic
38. Involving letters
Crepuscular
Epistolary
Concise
Facetious
39. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Convincing
Flamboyant
Analytical
Emotional
40. 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)
Parody
Facetious
Breezy
Fluid
41. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Primitive
Childish
Objective
Flamboyant
42. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Emotional
Erudite
Urbane
Whimsical
43. Much given to strong feelings
Emotional
Parody
Flamboyant
Psychological
44. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Bland
Objective
Bizarre
Primitive
45. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Earthy
Puritanical
Lyrical
Terse
46. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Abstract
Objective
Terse
Irreverent
47. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Contemptuous
Concise
Nostalgic
Analytical
48. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Psychological
Terse
Bombastic
Primitive
49. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Terse
Irreverent
Sensuous
Primitive
50. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Pompous
Psychological
Facetious
Wordy