Tone Terms

ordinary or familiar- informal; using a conversational style

• colloquial
• choleric
• callous
• biased

What is the best word that describes this picture?

• colloquial

• chatty

• candid

• compliant

The great surgeon spoke to us in a __________ manner, making it clear that he felt he was lowering himself to even speak with us nurses.

• condescending

• assertive

• apathetic

• direct

Appropriately said of ordinary conversation; informal

• Choleric
• Colloquial
• Conscientious
• Contemplative

Scornful, hateful

• Brusque
• Caustic
• Cynical
• Disdainful

• capricious

• flippant

• nostalgic

• impartial

• detached

• sarcastic

• disdainful

• pompous

comic, mocking through caricature or comic expression

• burlesque

• didactic

• euphoric

• disdainful

the attitude the writer wants to convey to the reader

• mood

• point of view

• tone

• diction

the author's word choice

• tone

• mood

• diction

• figurative language