AP Tone And Style Vocab
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AP Tone And Style Vocab
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1. Immature (when applied to adults or to writing)

2. Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism

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

4. Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others

5. Sophisticated - socially polished

6. Disinterested - unbiased - emotionally disconnected

7. Effectively concise - brief

8. Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling

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

10. Formal - enduring - and standard - adhering to certain traditional methods

11. Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions

12. Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts

13. Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things - especially sexual pleasures

14. Much given to strong feelings

15. Marked by a decay in morals - values - and artistic standards

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

17. Undisturbing - unemotional - and uninteresting

18. Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation

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

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

21. Pointless and uninteresting

22. Elaborate - grotesque - and ornamental

23. Having the characteristics of a dream

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

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