Tone Vocabulary

What is tone?

• The author's overall attitude towards a subject.

• How the author wants you to feel when reading

• When the author gives careful consideration to the setting.

• The emotional vibe of a story.

Which of the following is NOT a way an author creates tone?

• Word Choice

• Descriptions

• Language

• Font size

possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing

• condescending

• admiring

• ambivalent

• hopeless

What is the tone indicated?

• derogatory

• facetious

• ominous

• flippant

what is tone?

• -word choice that may be determined by the writer or speaker’s style, purpose, and need to communicate accurately, appropriately, and understandably to a specific audience expression

• -the way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text

• -the author’s particular attitude, either stated or implied in writing

• -the intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium

The tone of this paragraph can best be described as ______:

_{"In my short life, there are many experiences that could qualify as life-changing. Every new experience was, at one time or another, the first experience. For good or bad, each instance changed the course that my life has taken. But, the most transformative experience was the birth of my youngest brother"}

• insipid

• reflective

• unbiased

• apathetic

showing an inappropriate amount of seriousness; rude

• Critical

• Flippant

• Skeptica

• Curt

The man's remarks can be described as - 

• foreboding

• placating

• ambiguous

• fervent

a strong uneasy feeling of a future misfortune, evil

• foreboding

• conciliatory

• reassuring

• fervent

All of the following tone words are associated with cheerfulness and amusement, except

• mirthful

• ebullient

• euphoric

• lethargic