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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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1. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Lyrical
Earthy
Farcical
Concise
2. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Earthy
Rhythmic
Decadent
Depressing
3. Pretentious and pompous
Flamboyant
Surrealistic
Mournful
Bombastic
4. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Banal
Cinematic
Crepuscular
Impressionistic
5. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Journalistic
Cynical
Facetious
Subjective
6. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Psychological
Depressing
Emotional
Flamboyant
7. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Trite
Cynical
Poetical
Surrealistic
8. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Baroque
Wordy
Facetious
Cinematic
9. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Whimsical
Cynical
Journalistic
Anecdotal
10. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Prurient
Sensuous
Persuasive
Objective
11. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Impressionistic
Irreverent
Sardonic
Epistolary
12. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Absurd
Eulogistic
Classical
Wordy
13. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Crepuscular
Impressionistic
Victorian
Facetious
14. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Anecdotal
Lyrical
Fatalistic
Trite
15. Flowing smoothly
Dreamlike
Fluid
Trite
Concise
16. Resentful - enraged
Discursive
Philosophical
Angry
Impressionistic
17. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Breezy
Bland
Iconoclastic
Anecdotal
18. Much given to strong feelings
Expressionistic
Emotional
Pompous
Classical
19. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Depressing
Bland
Decadent
Expressionistic
20. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Crepuscular
Surrealistic
Epistolary
Detached
21. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Confessional
Bombastic
Stark
Prurient
22. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Pompous
Philosophical
Convincing
Ominous
23. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Lyrical
Contemptuous
Cynical
Evocative
24. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Whimsical
Mundane
Depressing
Farcical
25. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Discursive
Poetical
Rhythmic
Colloquial
26. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Effeminate
Cynical
Emotional
Nostalgic
27. Unusually strange or odd
Baroque
Angry
Bizarre
Convincing
28. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Primitive
Classical
Satirical
Convoluted
29. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Confessional
Affected
Austere
Rhythmic
30. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Urbane
Confessional
Nostalgic
Pious
31. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Metaphorical
Effeminate
Stark
Naturalistic
32. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Elegiac
Bizarre
Mournful
Classical
33. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Eulogistic
Subjective
Pompous
Ironic
34. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Terse
Persuasive
Satirical
Baroque
35. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Anecdotal
Childish
Ominous
Austere
36. In the style of an earlier period
Whimsical
Lyrical
Childish
Archaic
37. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Eulogistic
Convoluted
Terse
Cinematic
38. Having two or more possible meanings
Bland
Ambiguous
Flamboyant
Psychological
39. Learned - scholarly
Colloquial
Subjective
Mundane
Erudite
40. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Ominous
Trite
Affected
Epistolary
41. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Elegiac
Persuasive
Facetious
Satirical
42. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Crepuscular
Mundane
Nostalgic
Abstract
43. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Mundane
Expressionistic
Objective
Classical
44. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Erudite
Confessional
Sensuous
Discursive
45. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Angry
Wordy
Comic
Sardonic
46. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Psychological
Primitive
Philosophical
Impressionistic
47. 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)
Colloquial
Concise
Parody
Subjective
48. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Breezy
Analytical
Lyrical
Persuasive
49. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Confessional
Colloquial
Convincing
Impressionistic
50. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Nostalgic
Naturalistic
Colloquial
Breezy
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