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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. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Flamboyant
Detached
Bland
Wordy
2. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Wordy
Pious
Metaphorical
Banal
3. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Bombastic
Terse
Prurient
Romantic
4. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Colloquial
Erudite
Absurd
Childish
5. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Abstract
Decadent
Nostalgic
Bombastic
6. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Wordy
Mundane
Philosophical
Mournful
7. Having the characteristics of a dream
Farcical
Journalistic
Dreamlike
Eulogistic
8. 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)
Subjective
Austere
Parody
Concise
9. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Epistolary
Realistic
Iconoclastic
Abstract
10. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Psychological
Emotional
Pompous
Wordy
11. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Trite
Detached
Satirical
Facetious
12. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Metaphorical
Mournful
Crepuscular
Subjective
13. 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
Sardonic
Romantic
Dreamlike
Terse
14. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Breezy
Elegiac
Banal
Objective
15. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Emotional
Discursive
Impressionistic
Colloquial
16. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Baroque
Convincing
Pompous
Abstract
17. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Cinematic
Emotional
Classical
Concise
18. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Anecdotal
Realistic
Romantic
Baroque
19. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Dreamlike
Metaphorical
Iconoclastic
Philosophical
20. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Colloquial
Ironic
Analytical
Erudite
21. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Flamboyant
Concise
Breezy
Metaphorical
22. Expressing contempt or disdain
Cynical
Objective
Contemptuous
Facetious
23. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Comic
Absurd
Depressing
Emotional
24. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Absurd
Eulogistic
Primitive
Childish
25. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Anecdotal
Wordy
Realistic
Emotional
26. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Flamboyant
Primitive
Concise
Evocative
27. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Expressionistic
Concise
Wordy
Realistic
28. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Irreverent
Classical
Metaphorical
Cinematic
29. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Rhythmic
Satirical
Banal
Decadent
30. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Bizarre
Prurient
Sardonic
Psychological
31. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Realistic
Objective
Fatalistic
Wordy
32. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Crepuscular
Archaic
Facetious
Epistolary
33. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Impressionistic
Depressing
Sardonic
Trite
34. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Parody
Nostalgic
Primitive
Fatalistic
35. Involving formal praise in speech or writing - usually in honor of someone dead
Terse
Pompous
Eulogistic
Objective
36. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Austere
Contemptuous
Puritanical
Whimsical
37. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Sardonic
Iconoclastic
Romantic
Convoluted
38. Learned - scholarly
Prurient
Erudite
Detached
Whimsical
39. Effectively concise - brief
Austere
Terse
Farcical
Ironic
40. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Expressionistic
Irreverent
Sensuous
Convincing
41. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Impressionistic
Fluid
Emotional
Mundane
42. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Poetical
Elegiac
Rhythmic
Puritanical
43. Pretentious and pompous
Nostalgic
Decadent
Discursive
Bombastic
44. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Fatalistic
Fluid
Convincing
Evocative
45. Resentful - enraged
Ironic
Victorian
Lyrical
Angry
46. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Effeminate
Concise
Romantic
Ironic
47. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Poetical
Emotional
Bombastic
Affected
48. Unusually strange or odd
Iconoclastic
Objective
Archaic
Bizarre
49. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Lyrical
Nostalgic
Eulogistic
Evocative
50. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Parody
Primitive
Ambiguous
Ominous