AP Tone Words 3

Defintion: extremely serious; grave; depressing

• somber

• satiric

• urgent

• mock-heroic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Antonym: trivial or unimportant

• somber

• satiric

• urgent

• mock-heroic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Synonym: sardonic; with the intention of ridiculing for a purpose

• somber

• satiric

• urgent

• elegiac

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Definition: an imitation or burlesque of something heroic

• somber

• satiric

• urgent

• mock-heroic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Antonym: confident or conceited

• diffident

• ironic

• petty

• elegaic

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Definition: conveying a meaning that is opposite of its literal meaning; sarcastic

• diffident

• ironic

• petty

• elegaic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Synonym: minor or small; insignificant

• diffident

• ironic

• petty

• elegaic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Antonym: bright, cheerful, merry

• diffident

• ironic

• petty

• elegaic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Definition: scornful; contemptuous; haughty

• disdainful

• lugubrious

• diffident

• petty

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Synonym: mournful, gloomy, sad, woeful

• lugubrious

• urgent

• diffident

• petty

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4