AP English Language & Composition: Tone Vocabulary List
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Use this handout as a guide to keep track of which words to study.
Vocabulary:
 Study ten words per week to be tested on Fridays.
 Students will be expected to know definitions, synonyms, and how to use the
vocabulary words to complete sentences.
 For homework, students are to write down each definition that matches each part of
speech. Do not use a form of the vocabulary word to define the word.
 For homework, use a reputable thesaurus to find two synonyms for each vocabulary
word.
Stylistic Sentence Patterns (Refer to Appendix A):
 Study a sentence pattern per week to be tested on Fridays.
 Students will be expected to identify sentences that follow a certain pattern.
 For homework, students are to incorporate the vocabulary words in the specific
sentence patterns for the week. Please:
o Follow the sentence patterns as indicated;
o Provide sufficient context clues (Refer to Appendix B);
o Make sure the sentences are logical;
o Avoid comma splices, fragments, fused sentences, subject-verb agreement
errors, or other grammatical errors;
Rubric:
 Assignment is worth 50 points per check
 The following points will be deducted if you lack…
o (-1.5 points) a part of speech for a word when it has several, multiple
definitions for a word when it has several according to each part of speech,
synonyms for a word according to each part of speech, and a sentence per
word in the specified structure(s) for the week
 The following points will be deducted if you…
o (-1 point) format your paper incorrectly, by writing on the back of the page, by
not writing in black or dark blue pen, or by not labeling each part of each entry
o (-.5 point) do not follow sentence pattern indicated, incorrectly write a
sentence in the grammatical structure, write a sentence does not make sense,
write a common splice, a fragment, a run on, a subject-verb agreement error,
or any other grammatical error, or convert the word to a part of speech that is
incorrect.
First Grading Period List
Week 1: Sentence Pattern—Simple
1. Acerbic
2. Apathetic
3. Ardent
4. Abstruse
5. Abysmal
6. Aghast
7. Audacious
8. Ambivalent
9. Artificial
10. Authoritative
Week 2: Sentence Pattern—Complex
11. Bellicose
12. Benevolent
13. Belligerent
14. Benign
15. Blissful
16. Brash
17. Bitter
18. Callous
19. Candid
20. Caustic
Week 3: Sentence Pattern—Compound
21. Condescending
22. Contemplative
23. Contemptuous
24. Cynical
25. Choleric
26. Compassionate
27. Complimentary
28. Churlish
29. Capricious
30. Civil
Week 4: Sentence Pattern—Compound-Complex
31. Conciliatory
32. Critical
33. Coarse
34. Consoling
35. Contradictory
36. Conventional
37. Derisive
38. Didactic
39. Disdainful
40. Despairing
Week 5: Sentence Pattern—Loose (Cumulative)
41. Deferential
42. Detached
43. Disillusioned
44. Dismissive
45. Discursive
46. Disjointed
47. Dejected
48. Effusive
49. Elegiac
50. Erudite
Week 6: Sentence Pattern—Periodic
51. Facetious
52. Flippant
53. Foreboding
54. Frivolous
55. Fervent
56. Guarded
57. Genial
58. Glib
59. Histrionic
60. Hollow