AP tone words set 1 quizs

Affecting the emotions

• forthright

• poignant

• unabashed

Shameless; bold; insolent; defiant

• brazen

• ambivalent

• incensed

Having mixed feelings about someone or something

• poignant

• ambivalent

• incensed

Boldly certain of one’s position; not ashamed

• wry

• unabashed

• poignant

Twisted or perverse (as in sense of humor)

• wry

• ingredulous

• brazen

Indignant; outraged

• incensed

• forthright

• patronizing

Skeptical; disinclined to believe

• incredulous

• pretentious

• ambivalent

Making an exaggerated outward show; pompous

• pretentious

• incredulous

• wry

Direct; straightforward

• pretentious

• ambivalent

• forthright

Offensively condescending

• brazen

• incensed

• patronizing