Tone/mood Words Flashcards
(42 cards)
Apathetic
Indifferent due lack of energy or concern
Accusatory
Charging of wrong-doing; accusing someone of something
Awe
With wonder
Bitter
Exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief
Cynical
Questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people
Condensing
A feeling of superiority;talking down to the reader
Callous
Unfeeling, insensitive to others feelings
Contemplative
Studying,thinking,reflecting on a issue
Critical
Finding a fault
Choleric
Hot tempered,easily angered
Contemptuous
Showing or feeling that something is worthless lacks respect
Caustic
Intense use of sarcasm
Conventional
Lacking spontaneity,originality, and individuality
Distainful
Scornful
Didactic
Author attempts to educate or instruct the reader
Derisive
Ridiculing,mocking
Earnest
Intense, sincere state of mind
Erudite
Learned polished, scholarly (divergent
Fanciful
Using the imagination
Forthright
Directly frank with out hesitation
Gloomy
Darkness sadness rejection
Haughty
Proud and vain to the point of arrogance
Indignant
Marked by anger aroused by injustice
Intimate
Very familiar