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Tone

Tone. What is it?. Tone. Indicates the author’s attitude or feelings about what they have written. Author’s tone is described by adjectives . For example, you might say: “ The author of this book sounds … depressed, sympathetic, cheerful, angry, sarcastic, intense, excited, solemn.”.

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Tone

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  1. Tone What is it?

  2. Tone Indicates the author’s attitude or feelings about what they have written.

  3. Author’s tone is described by adjectives. For example, you might say: “The author of this book sounds… depressed, sympathetic, cheerful, angry, sarcastic, intense, excited, solemn.”

  4. Tone is not an action.It is an attitude!

  5. Tone is not explained or expressed directly.

  6. A reader must read between the lines, or infer, to feel the author’s attitude and identity the tone.

  7. Tone and Mood are not the same!

  8. What is the difference? • Tone is the author’s own attitude toward the subject. • Mood is the emotion the author wanted the readers to feel while reading about the subject.

  9. What is the tone? • “The girl remembered little from the raid at Okeadan in which she had been captured. She knew her parents had been killed. She had no idea what had happened to her brothers and sisters. Much of what she had experienced had been so horrible that she had simply shut it our of her mind.” • At Her Majesty’s Request p.17

  10. serious

  11. What is the tone? • “…the next minute, Winnie Dixie looked like a furry bullet, shooting across the building, chasing that mouse. He was barking and his feet were skidding all over the polished Pick-It-Quick floor, and people were clapping and hollering, and painting. They really went wild when Winnie Dixie actually caught the mouse.” • Because of Winnie Dixie p.36

  12. Enthusiastic

  13. What it the tone? • “Dana grinned malevolently. His teeth were nubby and yellow, like an old barn dog’s. Kneeling on Roy’s chest, he hauled back to hit him again.” • Hoot p.184

  14. Angry

  15. What it the tone? • “By nightfall on Monday, the center of the storm had barely moved, and icy winds of hurricane force swept across an area from Virginia up to Nova Scotia, Canada. The wind was so powerful that in Liberty, New York, the local train station had its rood entirely ripped off…” • Blizzard p.56

  16. Objective Not influenced by personal feelings

  17. The next time you read a passage, try to identify the author’s tone. • It will help you “get the message” of the text.

  18. Three Steps to Interpret Tone Step 1: Figure out the subject/topic of the work What is it mostly about? Step 2: Interpret Tone using Mood What is the overall feeling you get from the work?

  19. Homework Tonight… • Complete two activities on the TONE and MOOD MAN handout • 1) REVIEW: Tone • 2) Rip Van Winkle

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