Understanding Author's Tone

What is tone?

• the reason why an author writes

• the way a reader feel while reading, listening or viewing a text

• the author's attitude about a topic

• the author's attitude about his/her readers

Tone is expressed through an author's ___________ and ___________.

• words; details

• words; sounds

• thoughts; feelings

• ideas; emotions

An objective tone would most likely use what kind of words?

• personal words (pronouns I, me, my, mine, us, them and we)

• biased words

• Higher level words

• informal words

An objective tone would most likely include what kind of details?

• personal experiences

• senses

• reasonable explanations

• facts

A subjective tone would most likely use what kind of descriptive words?

• feelings

• judgements

• opinions

• facts

Subjective tones would most likely be reveal through what kind of details?

• informal

• emotional

• biased

• personal