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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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1. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Crepuscular
Sensuous
Analytical
Bombastic
2. Simple and crude (Primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude.)
Bizarre
Depressing
Primitive
Parody
3. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Mournful
Affected
Convincing
Sensuous
4. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Comic
Victorian
Mundane
Affected
5. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected
Subjective
Facetious
Decadent
Detached
6. Flowing smoothly
Fluid
Primitive
Confessional
Stark
7. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Elegiac
Cinematic
Depressing
Metaphorical
8. Inclined to represent things as they really are
Impressionistic
Cinematic
Realistic
Confessional
9. Expressing contempt or disdain
Contemptuous
Prurient
Victorian
Surrealistic
10. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Prurient
Rhythmic
Emotional
Persuasive
11. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Metaphorical
Impressionistic
Prurient
Surrealistic
12. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Bombastic
Subjective
Decadent
Mournful
13. Learned - scholarly
Stark
Banal
Flamboyant
Erudite
14. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Sensuous
Detached
Comic
Sardonic
15. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Whimsical
Lyrical
Philosophical
Childish
16. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Dreamlike
Whimsical
Depressing
Primitive
17. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Ironic
Facetious
Breezy
Comic
18. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
Affected
Metaphorical
Archaic
Victorian
19. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous
Facetious
Poetical
Naturalistic
Romantic
20. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Classical
Iconoclastic
Nostalgic
Pompous
21. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Banal
Bombastic
Urbane
Objective
22. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Breezy
Flamboyant
Puritanical
Philosophical
23. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Discursive
Affected
Sensuous
Detached
24. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Crepuscular
Irreverent
Parody
Wordy
25. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Subjective
Bizarre
Discursive
Realistic
26. Much given to strong feelings
Emotional
Baroque
Terse
Mundane
27. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Naturalistic
Absurd
Satirical
Fatalistic
28. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Analytical
Puritanical
Urbane
Baroque
29. Conspicuously bold or colorful
Flamboyant
Cynical
Ambiguous
Convincing
30. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Expressionistic
Earthy
Angry
Surrealistic
31. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Fatalistic
Expressionistic
Dreamlike
Mundane
32. Pretentious and pompous
Cinematic
Confessional
Convincing
Bombastic
33. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
Evocative
Anecdotal
Naturalistic
Irreverent
34. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Terse
Romantic
Journalistic
Breezy
35. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Breezy
Dreamlike
Mundane
Facetious
36. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Realistic
Bombastic
Colloquial
Mundane
37. 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
Classical
Romantic
Wordy
Poetical
38. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Impressionistic
Cinematic
Poetical
Parody
39. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Subjective
Irreverent
Dreamlike
Philosophical
40. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Abstract
Flamboyant
Nostalgic
Iconoclastic
41. Resentful - enraged
Angry
Cinematic
Terse
Facetious
42. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Absurd
Psychological
Puritanical
Parody
43. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Flamboyant
Ironic
Dreamlike
Affected
44. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Metaphorical
Cynical
Anecdotal
Trite
45. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Evocative
Bland
Pious
Crepuscular
46. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Bland
Sensuous
Stark
Subjective
47. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Convincing
Objective
Classical
Fatalistic
48. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Flamboyant
Parody
Ominous
Romantic
49. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Wordy
Colloquial
Austere
Victorian
50. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Nostalgic
Effeminate
Bizarre
Contemptuous