AP Lit Tone Words 1 & 2

severe or strict

• bemused

• austere

• effusive

• flippant

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

jocund

• cheerful and lighthearted

• bad-tempered or irritable

• mournful; melancholy; sorrowful

• puzzled, confused, or bewildered

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

showing a lack of respect for people or things generally taken seriously

• indignant

• pedantic

• insolent

• irreverent

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

callous

• not showing a serious or respectful attitude

• unsophisticated or narrow-minded

• having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others

• angry because of something that is wrong or unfair

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

bad-tempered or irritable

• choleric

• pedantic

• acerbic

• insolent

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

flippant

• cheerful and lighthearted

• not showing a serious or respectful attitude

• feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation

• ominous; threatening; foreboding

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

mournful; melancholy; sorrowful

• abhorrent

• despondent

• elegiac

• insolent

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

fervent

• inspiring disgust and loathing; repugnant

• severe or strict

• giving too much attention to formal rules or small details

• having or displaying a passionate intensity

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

in low spirits from loss of hope or courage

• mirthful

• choleric

• despondent

• austere

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner

• fervent

• jocund

• effusive

• portentous

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4