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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. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Classical
Comic
Evocative
Effeminate
2. Having the characteristics of a dream
Subjective
Mundane
Dreamlike
Parody
3. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Flamboyant
Satirical
Irreverent
Urbane
4. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Bombastic
Nostalgic
Objective
Ambiguous
5. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Sardonic
Mundane
Prurient
Nostalgic
6. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Detached
Journalistic
Sardonic
Farcical
7. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Austere
Irreverent
Stark
Ironic
8. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Absurd
Baroque
Mournful
Epistolary
9. Much given to strong feelings
Emotional
Crepuscular
Flamboyant
Irreverent
10. Effectively concise - brief
Terse
Fatalistic
Eulogistic
Confessional
11. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Lyrical
Classical
Baroque
Epistolary
12. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Facetious
Austere
Lyrical
Puritanical
13. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Philosophical
Bland
Childish
Sardonic
14. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Whimsical
Trite
Decadent
Earthy
15. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Eulogistic
Crepuscular
Breezy
Confessional
16. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Detached
Victorian
Angry
Discursive
17. Involving letters
Bland
Epistolary
Confessional
Primitive
18. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Analytical
Eulogistic
Romantic
Mournful
19. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Confessional
Trite
Terse
Austere
20. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Poetical
Banal
Crepuscular
Facetious
21. Resentful - enraged
Parody
Archaic
Mournful
Angry
22. Flowing smoothly
Victorian
Analytical
Subjective
Fluid
23. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Psychological
Rhythmic
Facetious
Realistic
24. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Flamboyant
Lyrical
Facetious
Banal
25. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Earthy
Mundane
Concise
Farcical
26. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Detached
Psychological
Whimsical
Dreamlike
27. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Rhythmic
Emotional
Iconoclastic
Eulogistic
28. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Sensuous
Nostalgic
Bombastic
Facetious
29. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Classical
Comic
Urbane
Stark
30. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Evocative
Bland
Psychological
Pompous
31. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Abstract
Persuasive
Banal
Irreverent
32. Pointless and uninteresting
Surrealistic
Sardonic
Parody
Banal
33. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Cinematic
Archaic
Baroque
Pious
34. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Anecdotal
Abstract
Concise
Urbane
35. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Pompous
Detached
Austere
Pious
36. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Elegiac
Discursive
Wordy
Terse
37. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Affected
Evocative
Romantic
Depressing
38. Learned - scholarly
Subjective
Erudite
Classical
Earthy
39. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Satirical
Pious
Erudite
Bizarre
40. Sophisticated - socially polished
Analytical
Urbane
Eulogistic
Effeminate
41. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Rhythmic
Cynical
Breezy
Persuasive
42. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Cinematic
Stark
Sensuous
Crepuscular
43. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Erudite
Victorian
Confessional
Farcical
44. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)
Convoluted
Parody
Terse
Rhythmic
45. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Affected
Iconoclastic
Depressing
Metaphorical
46. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Rhythmic
Nostalgic
Wordy
Discursive
47. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Discursive
Mundane
Ironic
Sensuous
48. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Primitive
Rhythmic
Irreverent
Archaic
49. Expressing contempt or disdain
Pious
Confessional
Emotional
Contemptuous
50. Using very few words to express a great deal
Dreamlike
Persuasive
Concise
Discursive