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AP Tone And Style Vocab

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures






2. Prudish - stuffy - and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)






3. Humorous in a light way - comedy with high exaggeration






4. Having to do with the human mind and human behavior






5. Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside - not subjectively






6. Expressing contempt or disdain






7. Realistic - rustic - coarse - unrefined - instinctive - animalize






8. Learned - scholarly






9. Amusing - but light - unserious - frivolous






10. Using sarcasm and irony - often humorously to expose human folly






11. Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)






12. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions






13. Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow






14. Expressing sorrow of lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)






15. Conspicuously bold or colorful






16. Using more words than necessary to say What you have to say






17. Humorous - funny - light (there are many levels of comedy)






18. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation






19. Ordinary of common - as in everyday matters ('His mind was filled with mundane matters')






20. Having two or more possible meanings






21. Involving letters






22. Characterized by personal admissions of faults






23. Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers - phrases - and clauses)






24. Inclined to be playful - humorous - or fanciful






25. Strict or severe in matters or morality






26. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism






27. Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality






28. Inclined to represent things as they really are






29. Having the characteristics of a dream






30. Flowing smoothly






31. Unusually strange or odd






32. Much given to strong feelings






33. 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






34. Using very few words to express a great deal






35. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental






36. Resentful - enraged






37. Sad - gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)






38. Stern - strict - frugal - unadorned






39. Theoretical - without reference to specifics






40. Soft - delicate - unmanly






41. Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature






42. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling






43. In the style of an earlier period






44. Pointless and uninteresting






45. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting






46. Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in some comic characters






47. Intense - spontaneous - musical






48. Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered






49. Having the qualities of poetry - such as pleasing rhythms or images






50. Sophisticated - socially polished