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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)
Subjective
Depressing
Dreamlike
Expressionistic
2. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Affected
Absurd
Pompous
Evocative
3. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Fluid
Ominous
Sensuous
Naturalistic
4. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly
Convoluted
Satirical
Affected
Ominous
5. Pointless and uninteresting
Psychological
Depressing
Baroque
Banal
6. Effectively concise - brief
Terse
Lyrical
Archaic
Puritanical
7. Contrary to logic - but sometimes artistically viable
Austere
Absurd
Eulogistic
Bombastic
8. Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
Metaphorical
Philosophical
Cynical
Evocative
9. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Surrealistic
Victorian
Sensuous
Absurd
10. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Wordy
Puritanical
Stark
Irreverent
11. Characterized by certain patters - beats - or accents (as in dancing - music - poetry)
Rhythmic
Farcical
Parody
Naturalistic
12. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration
Detached
Depressing
Facetious
Farcical
13. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Evocative
Fatalistic
Psychological
Mournful
14. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Ironic
Affected
Abstract
Urbane
15. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods
Persuasive
Terse
Naturalistic
Classical
16. In the style of an earlier period
Austere
Whimsical
Objective
Archaic
17. Resentful - enraged
Angry
Flamboyant
Parody
Sardonic
18. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Psychological
Classical
Affected
Earthy
19. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Nostalgic
Absurd
Colloquial
Expressionistic
20. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Psychological
Sardonic
Austere
Trite
21. Involving short narratives of interesting events
Naturalistic
Crepuscular
Anecdotal
Decadent
22. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Parody
Whimsical
Prurient
Bombastic
23. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Naturalistic
Colloquial
Iconoclastic
Persuasive
24. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Whimsical
Subjective
Dreamlike
Earthy
25. Learned - scholarly
Pious
Erudite
Absurd
Bombastic
26. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts
Analytical
Facetious
Journalistic
Trite
27. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Breezy
Evocative
Archaic
Flamboyant
28. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Convincing
Ominous
Abstract
Austere
29. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Prurient
Crepuscular
Stark
Analytical
30. Much given to strong feelings
Contemptuous
Rhythmic
Emotional
Facetious
31. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Anecdotal
Cinematic
Prurient
Earthy
32. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Elegiac
Wordy
Fatalistic
Baroque
33. 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)
Bizarre
Mundane
Parody
Poetical
34. Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
Crepuscular
Nostalgic
Earthy
Surrealistic
35. Mocking - taunting - bitter - scornful - sarcastic
Abstract
Bombastic
Sardonic
Persuasive
36. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Satirical
Facetious
Convincing
Evocative
37. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
Metaphorical
Evocative
Primitive
Romantic
38. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Rhythmic
Dreamlike
Elegiac
Expressionistic
39. Having two or more possible meanings
Iconoclastic
Ambiguous
Austere
Lyrical
40. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images
Analytical
Poetical
Whimsical
Ominous
41. Involving letters
Parody
Objective
Austere
Epistolary
42. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Angry
Wordy
Effeminate
Cinematic
43. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation
Contemptuous
Breezy
Colloquial
Terse
44. Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
Affected
Romantic
Impressionistic
Depressing
45. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Irreverent
Decadent
Crepuscular
Rhythmic
46. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Absurd
Erudite
Baroque
Iconoclastic
47. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Crepuscular
Terse
Affected
Discursive
48. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Metaphorical
Eulogistic
Evocative
Childish
49. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Mundane
Erudite
Urbane
Subjective
50. Unusually strange or odd
Fluid
Cynical
Iconoclastic
Bizarre