AP Lang Final Exam Tone Words

genial

friendly and cheerful, pleasant and warm

laudatory

strong praise, admiration, approval

reverent

respect, awe, admiration

censorious

very critical, harshly judgmental

contemptuous

deep disdain, superiority, scorn, disrespect

disillusioned

disappointment, sadness, skepticism, lost faith

fastidious

attentive to detail, precise, meticulous

indignant

anger and annoyance at something unfair

integrating

brings together different view points

ominous

something bad is about to happen, sense of dread

strident

forceful and assertive

ambivalent

mix of emotions, uncertainty, or fluctuation

analytical

objective, logical, detached

colloquial

casual, slang, informal

irreverent

lack of proper respect for important things, but not malicously

ironic

saying the opposite of what you mean to highlight critique and absurdity

objective

neutral, facts

self-deprecating

belittles/undervalues self (humor)

self-effacing

humble, unassuming, downplaying success

speculative

theory, guesswork, questioning