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** TONE ** ** So... Tone. Here is a really rather large list of words used to describe it... If you can think of some great ones that aren't here, why don't you add some more? (must be a member - just ask...) Ooh, fun English challenge! **
 * artificial
 * argumentative
 * angry
 * adamant
 * admiring
 * alarmed
 * arduous
 * audacious
 * arrogant
 * analytical
 * anguished
 * apologetic
 * appeasing
 * amazement
 * assertive
 * aloof
 * boastful
 * bitter
 * brooding
 * baffled
 * business-like
 * bubbly
 * bossy
 * bewildered
 * breathy
 * bold
 * convincing
 * of conviction
 * crisp
 * condescending
 * cynical
 * cold
 * consoling
 * commanding
 * crude/crass
 * caustic
 * compassionate
 * carefree
 * calm
 * cagey
 * coy
 * childish
 * challenging
 * curt
 * courteous
 * cheeky
 * confiding
 * confessional
 * confident
 * cynical
 * dark
 * dreary
 * didactic
 * dry
 * dignified
 * disgusted
 * disgruntled
 * demanding
 * defensive
 * dreamy
 * dismissive
 * disbelieving
 * dramatic
 * decisive
 * dissatisfied
 * derisive
 * distraught
 * of disagreement
 * disapproval
 * direct
 * enthusiastic
 * eager
 * evasive
 * excited
 * envious
 * elevated
 * ecstatic
 * frustrated
 * frightened
 * fretful
 * gloomy
 * grieving
 * guarded
 * gregarious
 * gentle
 * hospitable
 * hateful
 * helpful
 * humorous
 * harsh
 * of intrigue
 * indignant
 * insistent
 * ironic
 * inviting
 * irreverent
 * inquisitive
 * indifferent
 * insincere
 * impatient
 * joyful
 * jealous
 * kind
 * of lament
 * light
 * of longing
 * lusty
 * lively
 * lewd
 * loud
 * languid
 * mocking
 * mournful
 * matter-of-fact
 * merry
 * melancholic
 * melodramatic
 * morose
 * musing
 * mysterious
 * motherly
 * nostalgic
 * optimistic
 * official
 * obnoxious
 * outrageous
 * ominous
 * oracular
 * patronising
 * playful
 * puzzling
 * pleading
 * philosophical
 * plaintive
 * persuasive
 * polite
 * proud
 * pitiful
 * poignant
 * peevish
 * pompous
 * propagandist
 * prophetic
 * quizzical
 * quiet
 * querying
 * raw
 * rude
 * ridiculing
 * resigned
 * rueful
 * reminiscing
 * religious
 * reverent
 * reflective
 * rhetorical
 * of regret
 * resentful
 * rebellious
 * relentless
 * of relish
 * of revulsion
 * self-righteous
 * soaring
 * sympathetic
 * sentimental
 * sarcastic
 * saucy
 * sly
 * sensationalist
 * sinister
 * sardonic
 * sharp
 * solemn
 * of shame
 * secretive
 * suspicious
 * suspenseful
 * satirical
 * seductive
 * smug
 * self-satisfied
 * straight-forward
 * serious
 * scolding
 * scornful
 * self-effacing
 * sincere
 * superior
 * sad
 * sassy
 * sedate
 * tense
 * terse
 * triumphant
 * tired
 * testy
 * tongue-in-cheek
 * tactful
 * tenacious
 * tender
 * teasing
 * uncertain
 * unyielding
 * understated
 * vicious
 * victorious
 * venomous
 * witty
 * of warmth
 * wary
 * wicked
 * woeful
 * worried
 * weak
 * yielding

BTW I was going to try and put this into a table or some such eye-pleasing appearance, but the formatting on Wikispaces for such things is a bugger, so touch luck, you are just going to have to settle for a looooong list.

I wanted to funk this page up with some images, so I googled 'tone' and then 'tone language' and the following images are some of those that appeared. Enjoy the randomness...









and perhaps my favourite...