AP English Language & Composition: Tone Vocabulary and Sentence Pattern List
Use this handout as a guide to keep track of which words and stylistic sentence patterns (types and
schemes) 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:
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;
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.
Week 6: Sentence Pattern—Periodic and Parenthesis
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Facetious
Flippant
Foreboding
Frivolous
Fervent
Genial
Glib
Histrionic
Haughty
Incredulous
Week 7: Sentence Pattern—Parallel/Balanced
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Indignant
Inflammatory
Irreverent
Idiosyncratic
Jovial
Judicious
Laudatory
Lugubrious
Livid
Malicious
Week 8: Sentence Pattern—Inversion/Anastrophe
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Maudlin
Morose
Mocking
Melancholic
Nostalgic
Obsequious
Ominous
Patronizing
Pedantic
Pensive
Week 9: Sentence Patterns—Asyndeton and Polysyndeton
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Petulant
Poignant
Pompous
Pretentious
Provocative
Passive
Quizzical
Quixotic
Ribald
Ridiculing
Week 10: Sentence Patterns—Anaphora and Epistrophe
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Sanguine
Sardonic
Self-Deprecating
Strident
Terse
Speculative
Vituperative
Whimsical
Wry
Wistful
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