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Tone Words & Voice
1st 10 Tone Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accusatory | charging with wrong doing |
| aloof | not emotionally involved; distant |
| ambivalent | having mixed feelings |
| apathetic | uncaring; indifferent due to lack of energy or concern |
| audacious | recklessly bold or contemptuous |
| awe | solemn wonder |
| belligerent | hostile or combative |
| bitter | exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief |
| callous | uncaring, unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others |
| caustic | intense use of sarcasm; stinging; biting |
| diction | (word choice) is the foundation of voice and contributes to all of its elements |
| detail | (facts, observations, and incidents) is used to develop a topic, shaping, and seasoning voice |
| imagery | (verbal representation of sense experience) brings the immediacy of sensory experience to writing and gives voice a distinctive quality |
| syntax | (grammatical sentence structure) controls verbal pacing and focus |
| tone | (expression of attitude) gives voice its distinctive personality |
| semicolon | gives equal weight to two or more independent clauses in a sentence |
| colon | directs reader's attention to the words that follow; also used in between independent clauses if the second summarizes or explains the first; emphasizes words that follow it |
| dash | marks the sudden change in thought or tone, sets off a brief summary, or sets off a parenthetical part of the sentence; often conveys a casual tone |