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WorksheetsVerbs AND Tone #1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
definition: make an unpleasant feeling less intense
Belie
Assuage
Deplore
Mitigate
definition: emphasize
Assuage
Deplore
Underscore
Inured
definition: accustom to something; take effect
Deplore
Chronicle
Inure
Assuage
definition: disguise or contradict; betray; fail to justify
Belie
Abase
Inured
Renounce
definition: distorted; twisted into an expression of disgust, disappointment, annoyance; dry mocking humor
Pretentious
Wry
Unabashed
Renounce
definition: not embarrassed, disconcerted, ashamed
Unabashed
Ambivalent
Brazen
Incensed
definition: treat with kindness which betrays a feeling of superiority
Patronizing
Poignant
Forthright
Ambivalent
definition: enraged
Unabashed
Wry
Incredulous
Incensed
What is the "tone" of a story?
The feeling the passage evokes from the reader
The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject
The time and place of the story
The summary of events in the story
