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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Ominous
Cinematic
Depressing
Flamboyant
2. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Classical
Baroque
Detached
Mundane
3. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Archaic
Ominous
Philosophical
Fluid
4. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Sensuous
Classical
Discursive
Comic
5. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Mournful
Earthy
Abstract
Primitive
6. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Analytical
Mundane
Colloquial
Classical
7. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Prurient
Depressing
Anecdotal
Ominous
8. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Journalistic
Emotional
Romantic
Breezy
9. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Archaic
Earthy
Eulogistic
Sensuous
10. Involving letters
Evocative
Epistolary
Angry
Breezy
11. Having two or more possible meanings
Expressionistic
Earthy
Ambiguous
Absurd
12. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Irreverent
Erudite
Baroque
Terse
13. Sophisticated - socially polished
Persuasive
Romantic
Crepuscular
Urbane
14. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Affected
Nostalgic
Pious
Cynical
15. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Effeminate
Epistolary
Austere
Terse
16. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Bombastic
Facetious
Abstract
Trite
17. Resentful - enraged
Angry
Childish
Classical
Anecdotal
18. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Expressionistic
Whimsical
Discursive
Prurient
19. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Convincing
Analytical
Whimsical
Breezy
20. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Discursive
Absurd
Bland
Journalistic
21. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Banal
Detached
Wordy
Victorian
22. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Emotional
Wordy
Elegiac
Decadent
23. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Evocative
Facetious
Objective
Emotional
24. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Mournful
Objective
Analytical
Concise
25. A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
Classical
Pompous
Cynical
Discursive
26. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Expressionistic
Ambiguous
Affected
Impressionistic
27. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Naturalistic
Puritanical
Iconoclastic
Breezy
28. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Flamboyant
Naturalistic
Whimsical
Primitive
29. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Persuasive
Effeminate
Convoluted
Stark
30. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Realistic
Facetious
Elegiac
Fatalistic
31. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Fluid
Eulogistic
Anecdotal
Journalistic
32. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Dreamlike
Stark
Ironic
Terse
33. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Sardonic
Bizarre
Affected
Pompous
34. Unusually strange or odd
Epistolary
Bizarre
Puritanical
Fluid
35. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Depressing
Philosophical
Ominous
Baroque
36. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Sardonic
Detached
Wordy
Crepuscular
37. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Stark
Concise
Iconoclastic
Elegiac
38. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Sardonic
Lyrical
Effeminate
Comic
39. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Pious
Convoluted
Iconoclastic
Nostalgic
40. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Absurd
Primitive
Metaphorical
Objective
41. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Cinematic
Expressionistic
Colloquial
Contemptuous
42. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Surrealistic
Emotional
Ironic
Wordy
43. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Wordy
Detached
Satirical
Objective
44. Learned - scholarly
Prurient
Erudite
Psychological
Earthy
45. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Breezy
Ominous
Wordy
Classical
46. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Pompous
Archaic
Lyrical
Depressing
47. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Ambiguous
Iconoclastic
Confessional
Discursive
48. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Subjective
Philosophical
Ironic
Effeminate
49. Expressing contempt or disdain
Crepuscular
Lyrical
Impressionistic
Contemptuous
50. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Expressionistic
Cinematic
Cynical
Austere