Tone 1

AMIABLE most closely means:

• Quick to anger

• Friendly and pleasant

• Extremely shy

• Deeply serious

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

BENEVOLENT is best defined as:

• Suspicious or doubtful

• Relating to the future

• Well meaning and kindly

• Excessively formal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Someone who is CANDID is being:

• Overly enthusiastic

• Secretive and sly

• Truthful and straightforward

• Highly critical

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

A CLINICAL attitude is best described as:

• Overly emotional

• Highly judgmental

• Dispassionately objective

• Playfully whimsical

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

COLLOQUIAL language is:

• Used only in professional documents

• Used in ordinary conversation; informal

• Intended to teach a moral lesson

• Expressing deep sadness

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A CONTEMPTUOUS look expresses:

• Deep respect

• A desire to compromise

• Deep scorn or disapproval

• Lighthearted amusement

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

To be DETACHED means to be:

• Actively involved

• Aloof and objective; not emotionally involved

• Easily confused

• Stubbornly resistant

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

A DIDACTIC style is intended to:

• Confuse the audience

• Teach, often with a moralizing tone

• Use flowery, overly complicated language

• Evoke intense passion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A DIFFIDENT person is:

• Bold and reckless

• Full of excessive energy

• Modest or shy due to lack of confidence

• Highly persuasive

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

DISDAINFUL means:

• Overflowing with praise

• Showing contempt or lack of respect

• Quick to forgive

• Easily distracted

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4