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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. Feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief - such as elegies)
Naturalistic
Fatalistic
Austere
Mournful
2. Strict or severe in matters or morality
Impressionistic
Puritanical
Dreamlike
Realistic
3. Theoretical - without reference to specifics
Crepuscular
Detached
Abstract
Cynical
4. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures
Trite
Sensuous
Comic
Prurient
5. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)
Childish
Epistolary
Prurient
Realistic
6. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Crepuscular
Facetious
Archaic
Ambiguous
7. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say
Baroque
Irreverent
Wordy
Subjective
8. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental
Stark
Ironic
Confessional
Baroque
9. Flowing smoothly
Comic
Facetious
Fluid
Effeminate
10. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned
Austere
Breezy
Archaic
Contemptuous
11. Expressing contempt or disdain
Philosophical
Contemptuous
Epistolary
Irreverent
12. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)
Objective
Comic
Rhythmic
Iconoclastic
13. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Ironic
Impressionistic
Fatalistic
Discursive
14. Relying on one's own inner impressions - as opposed to being objective
Urbane
Primitive
Subjective
Facetious
15. Pretentious and pompous
Puritanical
Discursive
Sardonic
Bombastic
16. Having the characteristics of a dream
Bombastic
Anecdotal
Journalistic
Dreamlike
17. Much given to strong feelings
Banal
Absurd
Realistic
Emotional
18. Intense - spontaneous - musical
Breezy
Lyrical
Concise
Anecdotal
19. Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
Bombastic
Poetical
Whimsical
Persuasive
20. Characterized by an unexpected turn of events - often the opposite of what was intended
Emotional
Sardonic
Expressionistic
Ironic
21. Plain - harsh - completely (as in 'stark raving mad'); simple or bare - when applied to style - sometimes even bleak or grim
Stark
Ominous
Realistic
Rhythmic
22. Effectively concise - brief
Affected
Pious
Bombastic
Terse
23. Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
Parody
Surrealistic
Contemptuous
Evocative
24. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards
Mournful
Subjective
Decadent
Rhythmic
25. Believing that everything that happens is destined and - therefore - out of the hands of the individual
Whimsical
Colloquial
Angry
Fatalistic
26. Soft - delicate - unmanly
Effeminate
Surrealistic
Erudite
Banal
27. Quick-paced - but sometimes superficial
Trite
Confessional
Breezy
Analytical
28. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')
Elegiac
Mundane
Effeminate
Irreverent
29. Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively - when the display is excessive and overly righteous
Pious
Convoluted
Archaic
Baroque
30. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
Bizarre
Journalistic
Detached
Terse
31. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful
Whimsical
Puritanical
Cynical
Contemptuous
32. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others
Facetious
Prurient
Affected
Classical
33. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
Depressing
Eulogistic
Sensuous
Sardonic
34. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters
Banal
Pompous
Impressionistic
Colloquial
35. Characterized by personal admissions of faults
Confessional
Objective
Classical
Irreverent
36. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize
Earthy
Romantic
Victorian
Ambiguous
37. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
Puritanical
Classical
Facetious
Expressionistic
38. Having the qualities of a motion picture
Rhythmic
Cinematic
Evocative
Colloquial
39. Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming
Romantic
Banal
Ominous
Cynical
40. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
Austere
Elegiac
Depressing
Trite
41. Persuasive - believable - plausible
Journalistic
Contemptuous
Abstract
Convincing
42. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively
Mundane
Objective
Ironic
Childish
43. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting
Bland
Naturalistic
Convoluted
Terse
44. Stale - worn out - as in trite expressions
Iconoclastic
Trite
Journalistic
Analytical
45. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
Depressing
Naturalistic
Psychological
Wordy
46. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior
Philosophical
Austere
Satirical
Psychological
47. Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Expressionistic
Cinematic
Ambiguous
Prurient
48. Using very few words to express a great deal
Breezy
Iconoclastic
Parody
Concise
49. Learned - scholarly
Erudite
Depressing
Pompous
Nostalgic
50. Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
Pompous
Nostalgic
Elegiac
Impressionistic