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  2. Tone (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Tone is the use of pitch in language to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning—that is, to distinguish or to inflect words. [1] All oral languages use pitch to express emotional and other para-linguistic information and to convey emphasis, contrast and other such features in what is called intonation, but not all languages use tones to distinguish words or their inflections, analogously ...

  3. Tone (literature) - Wikipedia

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    For example, novels with a horror theme can have previously calm, uninvolved individuals coming upon an extreme situation, such as violence involving the supernatural, growing more and more passionate in a way that turns the entire writing increasingly emotional. Official and technical documentation tends to employ a formal tone throughout the ...

  4. List of symphonic poems - Wikipedia

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    Lemminkäinen Suite (also known as Four Legends from the Kalevala), Op. 22 * [a cycle of four tone poems] Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island (1895, revised 1897 and 1939) * The Swan of Tuonela (1893-1895, revised 1897 and 1900) *

  5. List of musical scales and modes - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of musical scales and modes. Degrees are relative to the major scale. List of musical scales and modes ... whole tone — Augmented scale:

  6. List of pieces that use the whole-tone scale - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable musical works which use the whole tone scale. Béla Bartók. Cantata Profana, b. 186–187 [1] Concerto for Orchestra, fifth movement, b. 484 [2] String Quartet No. 1, end of movement 3 [3] String Quartet No. 4, first movement, b. 157–160 [4]

  7. Category:Tonal languages - Wikipedia

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  8. Glossary of rhetorical terms - Wikipedia

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    Accumulatio – the emphasis or summary of previously made points or inferences by excessive praise or accusation.; Actio – canon #5 in Cicero's list of rhetorical canons; traditionally linked to oral rhetoric, referring to how a speech is given (including tone of voice and nonverbal gestures, among others).

  9. List of tone rows and series - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of tone rows and series. For a list of unordered collections, see set (music), Forte number, list of set classes, and trope (music). Twelve tone rows