Document U - Ms. Feldmann's Class



Document UTone WordsLike the tone of a speaker’s voice, the tone of a work of literature expresses the writer’s or speaker’s feelings. To determine the tone of a written passage, ask yourself the following questions: What is the subject of the passage?What is the occasion for the writing?Who is its intended audience?What does the purpose seem to be?Who is the speaker or narrator? What can we determine about him or her?What are the most important words in the passage?What connotations do these words have?What feelings are generated by the images of the passage?Are there any hints that the speaker or narrator does not really mean everything her or she says?If any jokes are made, are they lighthearted and humorous or better and mean?If the narrator were speaking aloud, what would be the sound of his or her voice?Sources: A Guide for Advanced Placement English Vertical Teams. A College Board Publication.Langan, John. Ten Steps to Improving College Reading Skills. 3rd ed. Marlton, NJ: Townsend, 1997.Borah, Bryan. Materials for AP Seminar, 2002.Tone Word BankAccusingAdmiringAdmonitoryAffectionateAfraidAggravatedAgitatedAmbivalentAmiableAmusedAngryAnxiousApatheticApologeticAppreciativeApprehensiveArrogantArtificialAshamedAuthoritativeBaffledBanteringBelligerentBenevolentBewilderedBitterBoredBrashBraveCallousCalmCandidCaringCausticCeremonialCheerfulCheeryCholericClinicalCoarseColdCompassionateComplimentaryConcernedCondemnatoryCondescendingConfidentConfusedConsolingContemplativeContentContradictoryConventionalCriticalCruelCuriousCynicalDejectedDepressedDespairingDesperateDetachedDidacticDisbelievingDisdainfulDisgruntledDisgustedDisinterestedDistressedDisturbedDoubtfulDramaticDreamyDrollEarnestEcstaticElatedElevatedEmbarrassedEncouragingEnergeticEnthusiasticExcitedExpectantExuberantFacetiousFactualFancifulFearfulFerventFlippantForebodingForgivingFormalForthrightFriendlyFrightenedFrivolousFuriousGloomyGratefulGraveHappyHarshHatingHaughtyHollowHopefulHopelessHorrifiedHumbleHumorousHurtImpassionedIncredulousIndignantInflammatoryInformativeInquisitiveInsolentInstructiveInsultingIntimateIronicIrreverentIrritatedJovialJoyfulJoyousJubilantJudgmentalLearnedLightheartedLoudLovingLyricalMalevolentMaliciousManipulativeMatter-of-factMeditativeMelancholicMiserableMock-heroicMockingMoroseMournfulNervousNostalgicNumbObjectiveObnoxiousObsequiousOptimisticOutragedParanoidPassionatePassivePatrioticPatronizingPeacefulPersuasivePessimisticPlayfulPleadingPleasantPoignantPompousPretentiousProudQuarrelsomeQuestioningReflectiveRegretfulRelaxedReminiscentRemorsefulResignedRespectfulRestrainedReverentRibaldRidiculingRomanticSadSarcasticScornfulSeductiveSelf-pityingSentimentalSeriousShamefulSharpShockedSincereSkepticalSnootySoberSolemnSomberSoothingStaidSuperficialSurlySurprisedSweet SympatheticTauntingTestyThreateningTiredTolerantTragicUnemotionalUninterestedUpsetUrgentVengefulVibrantWhimsicalWistfulWorriedWrathfulWryZealous ................
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