Words to Capture Tone: High School: List 3

Learn these words that capture tone when reading to help you reveal the intentions, feelings, and perspectives of the authors.
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  1. sorrowful
    experiencing or marked by or expressing sadness
  2. contemptuous
    expressing extreme scorn
  3. distressed
    feeling general unhappiness
  4. wondrous
    extraordinarily good or great
  5. detached
    no longer connected or joined
  6. humorous
    characterized by the power to cause laughter
  7. discouraged
    lacking in resolution
  8. mocking
    expressing contempt or ridicule
  9. playful
    full of fun and high spirits
  10. biting
    causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation
Created on Thu Jun 12 14:49:37 EDT 2025

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