tone

T. Barter, L. Nguyen, L. Navarro, A. Norimatsu, A. Varma - Period 5

Tone

Similar to mood, tone describes the author's attitude toward his or her materal, the audience, or both. Tone is easier to determine in spoken language than in written language. Considering how a work would sound if it were read aloud can help in identifying an author's tone. Some words describing tone are playful, serious, businesslike, sarcastic, humorous, formal, ornate, and somber. As with attitude, an author's tone in the exam's passages can rarely be described by one word. Expect that it will be more complex. See attitude in the "Terms for the Essay Section" that follows.

1. any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.: shrill tones. 2. a particular quality, way of sounding, modulation, or intonation of the voice as expressive of some meaning, feeling, spirit, etc.: a tone of command. 3. an accent peculiar to a person, people, locality, etc., or a characteristic mode of sounding words in speech. 4. stress of voice on a syllable of a word.

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