Tone
Darkness spread across the skies and the air became heavy; in the distance a wolf howled.
pensive nostalgic ominous earnest
ominous
"I remember my childhood when we only had four TV stations. There was no DVR or HULU. When a Christmas special came on TV, you only got to see it if you were watching. It may be nice for kids nowadays to be able to see what they want when they wanted, but there was something special about rushing home to be able to watch the Snoopy Christmas special."
pedantic indignant whimsical nostalgic
nostalgic
“Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
earnest whimsical ambivalent irreverent
whimsical
This word means "everywhere"
ubiquitous
Textbooks are usually written with a/an _______tone which includes facts and reasonable explanations.
irreverent earnest derisive objective
objective
"Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely"-Charles Dickens
vindictive earnest apathetic nostalgic
earnest
Frank saw his teacher broken down on the side of the road. He knew this area did not get good cell phone reception and that she wouldn’t know how to change her tire. He could do it easily. However, he drove past without stopping. That would teach her for giving him lunch detention.
vindictive conciliatory earnest irreverent
vindictive
"Cloning human beings should be banned."
ambivalent subjective melancholy conciliatory
subjective
A wife who finds her husband boring and predicable might remark, "I just never know what you're going to say next."
cynical ironic pedantic pensive
ironic
"This place does need some repairs, but I’m sure the landlord will be making improvements sometime soon."
whimsical optimistic obsequious obstinate
optimistic
The doctor said to the patient: "It appears as though you have contracted a myriad of helminth infections, our magnetic resonance imaging device has detected platyhelminthes, cestodes, and trematodes."
vindictive subjective obstinate pedantic
pedantic
We are seriously failing our nation’s teenagers when it comes to education concerning AIDS. Somehow we must convince them, without delay, that this terrible illness can happen to them, not just to isolated groups in big cities. Let’s give them the information they need to protect themselves—before it’s too late.
apathetic vehement condescending melancholy
vehement
What’s the matter with those idiots in the city council? First they pass new parking regulations saying we can’t park our cars in front of our own houses without a special permit. Now they’ve gone and slapped another tax on gas purchase—just to widen a road that’s already wide enough. Anyway, nobody enjoys the traffic delays resulting from road construction. The sooner we vote those incompetents out, the better off we’ll all be.
ambivalent whimsical condescending pensive
condescending
"Your wish is my command, your highness."
earnest obstinate obsequious optimistic
obsequious
"Fifteen years ago I came here with Lily,” he thought. “We sat somewhere over there by a lake and I begged her to marry me all through the hot afternoon. How the dragonfly kept circling round us: how clearly I see the dragonfly and her shoe with the square silver buckle at the toe.
nostalgic ambivalent pessimistic pensive
nostalgic
"This is the apartment we live in. It provides shelter."
objective whimsical nostalgic indignant
objective
“Before I go on with this short history, let me make a general observation– the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."
obstinate melancholy ominous ambivalent
ambivalent
"Let those who thoughtfully consider the brevity of life remember the length of eternity."
condescending indignant pensive whimsical
pensive
“I’d say thistles, but nobody listens to me, anyway.” -Eeyore
ambivalent indignant objective pessimistic
pessimistic
A maid cleans. A crew cuts the lawn. Even the groceries get delivered.Jordan’s dad is home, for once, but he barely lifts his head from his laptop to meet me. His eyes flicker in surprise, but he slams his attention back to the screen and coughs to dismiss us.
ambivalent apathetic whimsical conciliatory
apathetic
"I couldn’t forgive [Tom] or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
cynical irreverent objective apathetic
cynical
Yet another public figure has come forward to announce he has signed into an addiction-treatment center to deal with his alcohol problems. Reports say he has shown courage and honesty. Perhaps so, but what it really takes to enter a treatment center is money. What about the poor man, like my father,who may also have a drinking problem—and courage—but who doesn’t happen to have $500.00 a day for a fancy rest home?
melancholy conciliatory obstinate indignant
indignant
“Many people today agree that we need to reduce violence in our society. If we are truly serious about this, we must deal with the roots of violence, particularly those that exist within each of us. We need to embrace 'inner disarmament,' reducing our own emotions of suspicion, hatred and hostility toward our brothers and sisters.”― Dalai Lama XIV
obstinate irreverent apathetic conciliatory
conciliatory
"I did not weep, and it pained me that I could not weep. But I was out of tears. And deep inside me, if I could have searched the recesses of my feeble conscience, I might have found something like Free at last!.."
obsequious ambivalent conciliatory obstinate
ambivalent