Fill in the Blanks Shades of Tone: List 1 QuizOnline version Fill in the blank quiz for Tone Set 1 by Shelli Phillips 1 ambivalent wryly poignant patronizing forthright pretentious unabashed incensed incredulous brazenly I'm about my job : sometimes I love it , and sometimes I hate it . I am an emergency room nurse , and my supervisor is a , condescending ogre . She is direct , a trait I appreciate , but sometimes she is more rude than she is . Just last week , she confronted me about my bed bath skills . In front of my peers , she * threatened to have my license revoked if I could not learn to use a sponge properly ! My mouth dropped open , and I stared at her . I was way beyond mad , so to keep my job ( even though I was ) , I turned red and stormed out of the room . I heard later that one of the more nurses stepped forward and said , " I know how to bathe a patient . Let me show her how . " Under her breath , another nurse said * , " That may be true , but she sure doesn't bather herself often enough . " All this time , the patient was listening to us bicker . She finally spoke up and said in a pitiful voice , " It shocks me that you are about speaking this way in front of a patient . I need to be clean today because my great grandchild is coming for the first time . " Everyone teared up , and the moment made us all think twice about our behavior .
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