This document from Nan Hua High School provides a list of vocabulary words describing different tones that can be used when analyzing sources and questions in social studies. It includes over 50 words ranging from clinical, cynical, and detached to amused, nostalgic, and wistful.

1. Nan Hua High School
Social Studies
Source based Questions Skills
Vocabulary describing tone:
critical pedantic impartial
arrogant ironic serious
whimsical happy biting
detached apologetic mournful
angry moralistic objective
pretentious tongue-in-cheek ominous
fanciful ecstatic cynical
apathetic challenging poignant
threatening inspirational clinical
condescending sarcastic apprehensive
wistful effusive skeptical
indifferent contentious somber
irate respectful factual
patronizing sardonic foreboding
flippant contented wry
straightforward inflammatory
outraged reverent
humorous mocking
nostalgic disappointed
candid shocking
indignant sympathetic
bantering irreverent
sentimental sad
didactic dramatic
ambiguous compassionate
silly disdainful
reflective elegiac
learned passionate
confused interested
mock-heroic contemptuous
regretful melancholic
scholarly restrained
perplexed urgent
amused caustic
remorseful depressing