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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. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Crepuscular
Depressing
Puritanical
Emotional
2. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Contemptuous
Banal
Earthy
Ominous
3. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Earthy
Baroque
Confessional
Angry
4. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Satirical
Farcical
Dreamlike
Objective
5. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Archaic
Satirical
Impressionistic
Nostalgic
6. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Contemptuous
Affected
Primitive
Pompous
7. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Irreverent
Poetical
Mournful
Psychological
8. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Expressionistic
Abstract
Trite
Romantic
9. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Earthy
Elegiac
Stark
Absurd
10. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Stark
Metaphorical
Baroque
Classical
11. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Puritanical
Psychological
Cinematic
Elegiac
12. Unusually strange or odd
Objective
Bizarre
Eulogistic
Convincing
13. Pointless and uninteresting
Convincing
Banal
Baroque
Mundane
14. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Whimsical
Poetical
Surrealistic
Convincing
15. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Cynical
Facetious
Crepuscular
Contemptuous
16. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Breezy
Sensuous
Surrealistic
Objective
17. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Baroque
Irreverent
Banal
Stark
18. Learned - scholarly
Emotional
Erudite
Analytical
Contemptuous
19. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Abstract
Convoluted
Pious
Persuasive
20. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Decadent
Cynical
Naturalistic
Facetious
21. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Confessional
Breezy
Erudite
Poetical
22. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Anecdotal
Absurd
Angry
Flamboyant
23. Expressing contempt or disdain
Ominous
Contemptuous
Victorian
Cynical
24. Involving letters
Epistolary
Ominous
Pompous
Ironic
25. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Bombastic
Evocative
Convincing
Affected
26. Flowing smoothly
Convoluted
Fluid
Objective
Fatalistic
27. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Mundane
Banal
Fatalistic
Prurient
28. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Fatalistic
Discursive
Surrealistic
Analytical
29. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Sardonic
Objective
Baroque
Affected
30. Sophisticated - socially polished
Crepuscular
Urbane
Iconoclastic
Bland
31. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Convoluted
Childish
Nostalgic
Dreamlike
32. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Banal
Realistic
Contemptuous
Crepuscular
33. Having two or more possible meanings
Ambiguous
Baroque
Flamboyant
Victorian
34. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Childish
Prurient
Pious
Crepuscular
35. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Pompous
Metaphorical
Eulogistic
Objective
36. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Austere
Fatalistic
Eulogistic
Convincing
37. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Parody
Nostalgic
Romantic
Mournful
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
Romantic
Naturalistic
Impressionistic
Fluid
39. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Earthy
Austere
Concise
Pious
40. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Epistolary
Surrealistic
Cinematic
Nostalgic
41. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Surrealistic
Stark
Prurient
Bizarre
42. Having the characteristics of a dream
Ironic
Earthy
Dreamlike
Whimsical
43. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Facetious
Expressionistic
Convoluted
Classical
44. In the style of an earlier period
Convincing
Archaic
Emotional
Concise
45. Resentful - enraged
Absurd
Angry
Psychological
Parody
46. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Depressing
Breezy
Dreamlike
Naturalistic
47. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Philosophical
Wordy
Crepuscular
Analytical
48. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Comic
Ambiguous
Austere
Ominous
49. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Rhythmic
Elegiac
Parody
Pompous
50. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Cynical
Anecdotal
Bland
Convincing