AP Literature Tone Words

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allusive

working through suggestion

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angry

showing strong displeasure/hostility

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apprehensive

anxious of the future

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baffled

thoroughly confused

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bantering

good-humored teasing

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benevolent

well-meaning and kind

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burlesque

comically exaggerated

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candid

straight-forward; frank

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cavalier

lack of concern

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ceremonial

formal relating to religion/public nature

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clinical

efficient, unemotional

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colloquial

ordinary, informal

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compassionate

sympathizing and concerned

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complimentary

praising, approving

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concerned

worried and troubled

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condescending

patronizing superiority

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confident

self-assured

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contemptuous

scornful

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contentious

controversial, polarizing

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cynical

distrustful of others/society

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detached

disconnected

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didactic

intending to teach

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diffident

shy due to lack of confidence

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disdainful

lack of respect

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dramatic

sudden and striking

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effusive

feelings of gratitude, pleasure, approval

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elegiac

serious reflection

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facetious

not serious, flippant

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factual

concerned with details

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fanciful

over-imaginative, unrealistic

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flippant

lack of serious/respectful attitude

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giddy

excited to the point of disorientation

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impartial

neutral

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incisive

analytical, sharp

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indignant

feeling anger due to injustice or unworthiness

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inflammatory

arousing anger/violent feelings

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informative

providing useful information

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insipid

lacking flavor, vigor, or interest

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insolent

showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

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ironic

happening in the opposite manner of expectations

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irreverent

showing a lack of respect for serious matters

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learned

having much knowledge

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lugubrious

looking/sounding sad and dismal

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melancholic

feeling pensive sadness

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mock-heroic

imitating the style of heroic literature to mock/satirize

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mock-serious

pretending to be serious in a joking manner

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moralistic

over-fond of moral judgement of others

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nostalgic

exhibiting feelings of sentimental longings/wistfulness

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objective

a thing aimed at or sought

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patronizing

apparently kind but betraying feeling superiority

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pedantic

obsessed with petty, minor details

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petty

of little importance

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poignant

evoking a keen sense of sadness

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pretentious

attempting to impress by showing greater importance than what is actually possessed

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provocative

causing annoyance or anger deliberately

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restrained

under control

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sardonic

mocking speech or writing

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satiric

criticizing people or ideas in a humorous way; intended to bring attention to an idea

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scornful

full of contempt or disdain

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sentimental

feelings of tenderness, sadness, and/or nostalgia

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somber

oppressively solemn or sober; grave; gloomy

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sympathetic

feeling sympathy

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taunting

intending to provoke someone in an insulting manner

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turgid

tediously pompous or bombastic (inflated)

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urgent

requiring immediate attention/action

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vexed

annoyed, frustrated, or worried

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vibrant

full of energy and enthusiasm

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whimsical

playfully quaint or fanciful; typically appealing and amusing