Tone Words AP LANG

vexed

annoyed confused or agitated

zealous

very intrested and ethusiastic. great excitement

restrained

hold bakc to maintain courtesy

patronizing

speaking or behaving toward someone as if they are srupid or not important

Ambiguous

**can be associated with or implies more than one tonality or mood**

Ambivalent

having or showing simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings toward someone or something

apprehensive

viewing the future with anxiety or alarm

Appreciation

Gratitude

Audacious

recklessley bold

Authoritarian

impression of power and importance

Candid

truthful, straightforward, frank

Capricious

erratic, flighty, led by whims

clinical

lack of emotion or intrest

Contemptuous

expressing deep hatres or disapproval

Condemnatory

expressing strong criticism or disapproval

detahced

aloof or objective, no prejudice or self intrest

Didactic

goal to persuade and teach moral lessons

Emotive

uses descriptive words can tell how author feels and what they want you to feel

Flippant

frivolously disrepectful, shallow or lacking in seriousness

Forthright

directness not subtle

Impassioned

Showing or feeling strong emotion, Warmth and intensity without violence

Indignant

Feeling or showing anger because of something that is unfair or wrong

Indifferent

Having no particular intrest or sympathy, unconcerned

Insistent

maintaining or demanding something keeps trying to

Irreverent

Don’t show respect toward something

Laudatory

express praise or admiration for someone

Matter of fact

not showing emotion especially when talking about exciting or upsetting things

Mocking

making fun in nasty and mean way

Nostalgic

sad or happy about things that happened in the past

playful

unserious

poignant

particulary moving or evocative

Provocative

provoke strong emotions or reactions like anger

Recalcitrant

resisting authority or control. disobedient

reflective

thoughtful

reverent

shoing lots of respect

Satiric

irony and criticism and a desire to see reform or change of society’s flaws

sentimental

emotional not rational

sharp

agressive or hostile undertone

somber

serious and sad

solemn

grave, sober causes serious thoughts and grave mood formal

speculative

theory is doubted and questioned in slightly unreasonable manner

straightforward

to the point

Understated

represent something as less than what it is

Urgent

needed immediantly and very importatnt