AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION TONE

Referential, subtle

Bold, brazen, brass

Frank, forthright, plainly speaking, straightforward

Encouraging

Hateful resentment

Not much emotion, isolation of the event

Intended to teach but usually having moral instruction, life/moral lesson

Positive, soothing, covering only the positives

Encouraging to change

Kindness, generosity, well-intentioned

Over imaginative, impractical, carefree, liberated attitude

Shallow, rude, devoid of emotion

Making a speech, rhetorical argument

Language designed for reaction, draw attention

Accepting that something you do not like will happen because you cannot change it

Annoyed, confused, exasperated, frustrated

Self-indulgent, not serious

CAN CREATE BATHOS

disrespectful, unorthodox, bold, can invoke satire, personal insults, ad hominem

Emotionally moving, invoking sadness or revel empathy