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+ tones for AP Lang

authors' positive tones to be incorporated for easier remembrance

TonesDefinition
Admiring displaying or feeling admiration-a feeling of wonder, pleasure, approval; adj
Adoring to regard with the utmost esteem, honor, love, and respect; to like or admire very much; v
Affectionate showing, indicating, or characterized by affection or love; adj
Appreciative feeling or showing appreciation-gratitude, thankful recognition; adj
Approving to speak or think favorably of; to consent or agree to; to ratify or confirm (or sanction) formally; v
Bemused bewildered or confused; lost in thought; preoccupied; adj
Benevolent characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings; desiring to help others; charitable; intended for benefits rather than profit; adj
Blithe joyous; merry; glad; cheerful; carefree; without thought or regard; heedless; adj
Calm without rough motion; still or nearly still; not windy or stormy; free from excitement or passion; tranquil; adj
Casual happening by chance; fortuitous-fortunate; without definite or serious intention; careless or offhand; passing; seeming or tending to be indifferent to what is happening; apathetic; unconcerned; adj
Celebratory observing with ceremonies of respect, festivity or rejoicing; performing; praising-extoling; adj
Cheerful full of cheer; in good spirit; promoting or inducing cheer; pleasant; bright; characterized by or expressive of good spirit; hearty or ungrudging; adj
Comforting affording comfort or solace-comfort in sorrow or alleviation of distress; adj
Comic pertaining to or characterized by comedy-humorous; pertaining to a person who acts in or writes comedy; provoking laughter; adj
Compassionate having or showing compassion; granted in an emergency; adj
Complimentary conveying or expressing compliment-praise, admiration, or commendation; adj
Conciliatory tending to conciliate-to overcome the distrust or hostility, or to reconcile; adj
Confident having a strong belief or full assurance; presumptuous; adj
Contented being content; adj
Delightful giving great pleasure or delight; adj
Earnest serious in intention, purpose, or effort; showing depth and sincerity of feeling; demanding or receiving serious attention; adj
Ebullient overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high spirited; adj
Ecstatic pertaining to or characterized by ecstasy-rapturous delight; adj
Effusive overflowing emotions; emotionally unrestrained; adj
Elated very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits; adj
Empathetic pertaining to or characterized by empathy-intellectual identification with various experiencing of feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another; adj
Encouraging inspiring with courage, spirit, or confidence; promoting, advancing, fostering; adj
Euphoric intensely happy or confident; adj
Excited stirred emotionally; agitated; adj
Exhilarated enlivening; invigorating; stimulating; making cheerful or merry; adj
Expectant having expectations; adj
Facetious not meant to be taken seriously or literally; amusing; humorous; lacking serious intent; adj
Fervent having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm; adj
Flippant frivolously disrespected, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; adj
Forthright going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken; proceeding in a straight course; adj
Friendly characteristic of or befitting a friend; not hostile; adj
Funny providing fun; causing amusement or laughter; amusing; comical; curious; strange; peculiar; adj
Gleeful full of exultant joy; merry; delighted; adj
Gushy given to or marked by excessively effusive talk, behavior, etc; adj
Happy delighted, pleased, glad; characterized by or indicative of pleasure, contentment, or joy; adj
Hilarious
Hopeful
Humorous
Interested
Introspective
Jovial
Joyful
Laudatory
Light
Lively
Mirthful
Modest
Nostalgic
Optimistic
Passionate
Placid
Playful
Poignant
Proud
Reassuring
Reflective
Relaxed
Respectful
Reverent
Romantic
Sanguine
Scholarly
Self-assured
Sentimental
Serene
Silly
Sprightly
Straightforward
Sympathetic
Tender
Tranquil
Whimsical
Wistful
Worshipful
Zealous
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