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AP English Language and Composition Flashcards: Precise Word Choice To Shape Tone

Study Precise Word Choice To Shape Tone in AP English Language and Composition with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

Identify the tone created by the word 'nostalgic'.

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ANSWER

Sentimental and reflective. 'Nostalgic' inherently suggests wistful longing for the past.

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Read the following excerpt from a short editorial about phone use in conversations (embedded below). "When someone checks a phone mid-conversation, the gesture is small but loud. It tells the speaker, without words, that attention is negotiable. Most of us do it out of habit, not cruelty, and that is precisely why it spreads: the slight becomes normal. Putting the phone face down is not a grand moral act; it is a modest signal that a person is present." The author's precise choice of loud most strongly suggests the tone is…
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