Language and Tone Vocabulary Flashcards

A set of vocabulary flashcards defining language types, tone descriptors, and attitude words from the lecture notes.

Language (in a text)

The entire body of words used in a text that describes the force or quality of the diction, images, and details as a whole to qualify how the work is written.

Bombastic

Grand language with little substance or meaning ("grand/nothing").

Obtuse

Slow to learn.

Insipid

Lacking flavor.

Homespun

Ordinary or made at home.

Esoteric

Specialized information or jargon.

Amiable

Friendly.

Choleric

Easily angered.

Coarse

Rough.

Facetious

Inappropriate humor; treating serious issues with humor not meant to be taken seriously.

Lethargic

Tired.

Lugubrious

Exaggeratedly mournful, dark, dramatic, dismal.

Morose

Sullen, gloomy disposition.

Sardonic

Grimly mocking, cynical, scornful.

Pedantic

Overly scholarly, bookish, common / pedestrian.