Elaboration Techniques
If...then
vivid verbs
anecdote
details
simile
statistics
metaphor
adjectives
examples
rhetorical questions
facts
quotations

Tone Words

Positive tone/attitude words
lighthearted hopeful exuberant enthusiastic confident cheery optimistic loving amused elated sympathetic compassionate complimentary passionate proud

Negative tone/attitude words
Anger: angry disgusted outraged furious wrathful bitter irritated indignant threatening accusing condemnatory inflammatory

Humor/Irony/Sarcasm:
scornful disdainful contemptuous sarcastic cynical condescending critical facetious patronizing satiric sardonic mock-heroic bantering irreverent mock-serious taunting insolent pompous ironic flippant whimsical amused

Sorrow/Fear/Worry
somber elegiac melancholic sad disturbed mournful solemn serious apprehensive concerned fearful despairing gloomy sober foreboding hopeless staid resigned

Neutral tone/attitude words
formal objective incredulous nostalgic ceremonial candid shocked reminiscent restrained clinical baffled sentimental detached disbelieving questioning urgent instructive matter-of-fact admonitory learned factual didactic informative authoritative