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Tone: rational
part of Doolittle's tone set
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English
11th Grade
07/31/2009
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didactic
 Definition
1. Intended to instruct. 2. Inclined to teach or moralize excessively.
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admonitory
 Definition
expressing warning or reproof.
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impartial
 Definition
unbiased, unprejudiced, fair
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wistful
 Definition
characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning. Pensive.
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guileless
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sincere; honest; straightforward
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incredulous
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unbelieving, skeptical
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cynical
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bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic.
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insinuating
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slyly and subtly suggestive
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oracular
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solemnly prophetic
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