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AP LITERATURE - Tone Definitions (Sieffert) Flashcards

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6024362880PoignantAffecting the emotions0
6024362881PatronizingOffensively condescending1
6024362882IncredulousSkeptical; declined to believe2
6024362883ForthrightDirect; straightforward3
6024362884UnabashedBoldly certain of one's position; unashamed4
6024362885WryTwisted or perverse ( sense of humor )5
6024362886PretentiousMaking an exaggerated outward show; pompous6
6024362887BrazenShameless; bold; insolent; definant7
6024362888AmbivalentHaving mixed feelings about someone/something8
6024362889IncensedIndignant; outraged9
6024362890PragmaticPractical10
6024362891PompousCharacterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance11
6024362892ReticentReserved; reluctant12
6024362893IndignantFeeling strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base13
6024362894ContemptuousScornful; disrespectful; showing disdain14
6024362895CausticSeverely critical or sarcastic15
6024362896MaliciousSpiteful16
6024362897DidacticInstructive; too lecture-driven; preachy17
6024362898SeductiveEnticing; captivating18
6024362899WhimsicalSpontaneously fanciful or playful19
6135211607SomberExtremely serious; grave; depressing20
6135211608SatiricTaunting; cutting; binding21
6135211609UrgentRequiring immediate action or attention22
6135211610Mock-heroicAn imitation or burlesque or something heroic23
6135211611DiffidentLacking confidence in ones own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy24
6135211612IronicConveying a meaning that is the opposite if its literal meaning; sarcastic25
6135211613PettyOf little or no importance or consequence26
6135211614ElegiacExpressing sorrow or lamentation27
6135211615DisdainfulScornful; contemptuous; haughty28
6135211616LugubriousExxagerately mornful29
6135211617InsipidUninteresting; bland30
6135211618ImpartialFair; not biased31
6135211619MoraliaticCharacterized by the attempt to regulate the morals of others32
6135211620TauntingProvoking; mocking; ridiculing33
6135211621TurgidInflated; overblown; pompous34
6135211622SardonicBiting; contemptuous; sneering35
6135211623InsolentBoldly rude or disrespectful36
6135211624EffusiveUnduly demonstrative; overly emotional37
6135211625SentimentalNostalgic; weekly emotional38
6135211626ContentiousQuarrelsome; characterized by argument or controversy39

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