TONES In WRITTEN METAPHORS: A SELECTIVE SAMPLING
TONE is a mash-up of any of the following:
tone of voice, undertone, intonation, inflection, emotional weather, vocal coloring, temperament, disposition, attitude, mood, ambiance, surround-sound, genre-geist
I. PRIMARY TONES (most recognizable facial emotions)
ANGRY – annoyed, vexed, frustrated, quarrelsome, belligerent, bitter, vengeful, furious
AFRAID – timid, nervous, anxious, dreading, desperate, panicky, terrified, petrified
DISGUSTED – disapproving, displeased, offended, sickened, outraged, horrified, revolted
SAD – discouraged, lonely, resigned, wistful, melancholy, plaintive, miserable, anguished
HAPPY – upbeat, cheerful, joyous, excited, enthusiastic, thrilled, ecstatic, blissful
HUNGRY — hungry, thirsty, lustful, searching, yearning, prowling, omnivorous, greedy
II. SECONDARY TONES
REVERENT – tender, polite, sober, ceremonious, adoring, elevated, preachy, pious
IRREVERENT – impudent, rude, saucy, defiant, rebellious, subversive, lewd, blasphemous
COMIC – playful, whimsical, teasing, silly, sly, wry, mischievous, witty, perverse, satirical
TRAGIC – cautionary, imploring, ominous, defeated, devastated, pitiful, ironic, heroic
ALLURING – attractive, tempting, romantic, seductive, captivating, entrancing, hypnotic
AGGRESSIVE- assertive, earnest, insistent, urgent, combative, hostile, menacing, manic
KIND – friendly, sincere, gracious, compassionate, consoling, merciful, benevolent
CRUEL – callous, coarse, cynical, sarcastic, scathing, derisive, sinister, malevolent, savage
SOFT – muted, confiding, intimate, shy, humble, contemplative, soothing, serene
LOUD – harsh, blustery, proud, brash, arrogant, bombastic, booming, shrill, hysterical
SURPRISED – expectant, curious, inspired, puzzled, bewildered, shocked, astonished
NEUTRAL – bland, slack, impersonal, flat, dead-pan, monotonous, bloodless, toneless
Selective Sources: TONE(s)
Atlas of Emotions
http://atlasofemotions.org/#continents/
Categories of Emotions (Plutchik’s Wheel, etc.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrasting_and_categorization_of_emotions#Plutchik.27s_wheel_of_emotions
ABC Game Vortex Words (Discovering Peace with Abraham-Hicks)
http://www.discoveringpeace.com/abc-game-vortex-words.html
“Tones of Voice”
chapter 3 in Poetry: The Basics by Jeffrey Wainwright
https://www.routledge.com/Poetry-The-Basics-3rd-Edition/Wainwright/p/book/9781138823365
“Tone”
entry in The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
https://press.princeton.edu/titles/9677.html
“Tone” and “Tone Color”
entries in A Poet’s Glossary by Edward Hirsch
http://www.edwardhirsch.com/books/a-poets-glossary/
“Tone: The Screenwriter’s Lens”
lecture by Angus Fletcher in Screenwriting 101: Mastering the Art of Story
https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/screenwriting-101-mastering-the-art-of-story.html
“What Is American in Modern American Poetry: A Brief Primer with Poems”
chapter 8 in Ten Windows by Jane Hirshfield
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/229023/ten-windows-by-jane-hirshfield/9780345806840/
Wordnik
definitions, synonyms, etymologies, lists
https://www.wordnik.com
Random House Word Menu
reference book by Stephen Glazier
https://www.amazon.com/Random-House-Word-Menu-Revised/dp/0679449639
