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Some of the words that describe tone

TONETone is defined as the writers orspeakers attitude toward the subject.Developing a tone vocabulary:

Tone VocabularyList

Positive Tone/Attitude Words

Amiable Consoling Friendly Playful

Amused Content Happy Pleasant

Appreciative Dreamy Hopeful Proud

Authoritative Ecstatic ImpassionedRelaxed

Benevolent Elated Jovial Reverent

Brave Elevated Joyful Romantic

Calm Encouraging JubilantSoothing

Cheerful Energetic Lighthearted

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Surprised

Cheery Enthusiastic Loving Sweet

Compassionate Excited OptimisticSympathetic

Complimentary ExuberantPassionate Vibrant

Confident Fanciful PeacefulWhimsical

Negative Tone/AttitudeWords

Accusing Choleric FuriousQuarrelsome

Aggravated Coarse Harsh Shameful

Agitated Cold Haughty Smooth

Angry Condemnatory HatefulSnooty

Apathetic Condescending HurtfulSuperficial

Arrogant Contradictory IndignantSurly

Artificial Critical Inflammatory Testy

Audacious Desperate InsultingThreatening

Belligerent Disappointed IrritatedTired

Bitter Disgruntled ManipulativeUninterested

Boring Disgusted ObnoxiousWrathful

Brash Disinterested Outraged

Childish Facetious Passive

Humor-Irony-SarcasmTone/Attitude Words

Amused Droll Mock-heroic Sardonic

Bantering Facetious Mocking Satiric

Bitter Flippant Mock-seriousScornful

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Caustic Giddy Patronizing Sharp

Comical Humorous Pompous Silly

Condescending Insolent QuizzicalTaunting

Contemptuous Ironic RibaldTeasing

Critical Irreverent RidiculingWhimsical

Cynical Joking Sad Wry

Disdainful Malicious Sarcastic

Sorrow-Fear-WorryTone/Attitude Words

Aggravated Embarrassed MoroseResigned

Agitated Fearful Mournful Sad

Anxious Foreboding NervousSerious

Apologetic Gloomy Numb Sober

Apprehensive Grave OminousSolemn

Concerned Hollow ParanoidSomber

Confused Hopeless PessimisticStaid

Dejected Horrific Pitiful Upset

Depressed Horror Poignant

Despairing Melancholy Regretful

Disturbed Miserable Remorseful

Neutral Tone/Attitude Words

Admonitory Dramatic IntimaeQuestioning

Allusive Earnest JudgmentalReflective

Apathetic Expectant LearnedReminiscent

Authoritative Factual Loud Resigned

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Baffled Fervent Lyrical Restrained

Callous Formal Matter-of-factSeductive

Candid Forthright MeditativeSentimental

Ceremonial Frivolous NostalgicSerious

Clinical Haughty Objective Shocking

Consoling Histrionic ObsequiousSincere

Contemplative Humble PatrioticUnemotional

Conventional IncredulousPersuasive Urgent

Detached Informative PleadingVexed

Didactic Inquisitive PretentiousWistful

Disbelieving Instructive ProvocativeZealous

Often a change or shift in tone will besignaled by the following:Key words such as but, yet,nevertheless, however, althoughPunctuation such as dashes, periods,colons, semicolonsStanza and paragraph divisionsChanges in line and stanza or sentencelength

There are plenty of others, but this is a good start

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