AP Literature Tone Words

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  Select the option that best describes the tone of this excerpt. But I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all. I do not belong to the sobbing school of Negrohood who hold that nature somehow has given them a lowdown dirty deal and whose feelings are all hurt about it. Even in the helter-skelter skirmish that is my life, I have seen that the world is to the strong regardless of a little pigmentation more or less. No, I do not weep at the world -- I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.

• Accusatory

• Disapasstionate

• Nostalgic

• Optimistic

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Select the option that best describes the tone of this excerpt. My predicament struck me like a stab. I had a sense of losing control of the car and slammed on the brakes in the middle of the road, then apologized and drove on. Here within this quiet greenness I possessed the only identity I had ever known, and I was losing it. In this brief moment of passage I became aware of the connection between these lawns and buildings and my hopes and dreams. I wanted to stop the car and talk with Mr. Norton, to beg his pardon for what he had seen; to plead and show him tears, unashamed tears like those of a child before his parent

• Somber and vexed

• Zealous and admiring

• Urgent and apologetic

• Ambivalent and allusive

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What tone word best describes feelings of lacking in seriousness/silly?

• Delirious

• Frivolous

• Satirical

• Impartial

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which tone word best describes being unaffected by strong feelings?

• Benevolent

• Impassioned

• Zealous

• Dispassioned

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which tone word best describes feelings of vengeance and spite?

• Vindictive

• Vexed

• Candid

• Delirious

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which tone word best describes feelings of arrogance and self-importance?

• Pompous

• Tougue-in-cheek

• Elated

• Puerile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which tone word best describes feelings of humor in a disdainful or ironic way?

• Pedantic

• Irreverent

• Sardonic

• Indignant

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Incredulous

• Disbelieving/skeptical

• Filled with or showing great emotion

• Mournful/gloomy

• Frank/truthful

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Dogmatic

• Lacking proper respect or boundaries

• Extremely demonstrative/gushing

• Menacing

• Arrogant or stubborn about one's beliefs

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Tongue-in-cheek

• Indecisive/having mixed emotions

• Ironic/sarcastic

• Controlled/reserved

• Suggestive/hinting

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4