Understanding Tone in Writing: Strategies and Examples
Explore effective strategies for identifying the tone of a passage, including non-committal, anticipatory, and accusatory tones. Learn how to navigate uncertainty by first determining the basic tone, such as positive, negative, or neutral. Gain insights into authorial attitudes and opinions, and practice differentiating between tones through examples and guided exercises.
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TONE ATTACK STRATEGY
TONE: authors (or speakers) attitude toward or opinion about a subject matter. TONE= non-committal TONE= anticipatory TONE= accusatory
What do you do when you arent sure of the tone of a passage? 1. Start by identifying the BASIC tone; is it positive, negative, or neutral? Often you feel you ve done nothing when you ve actually done a lot. That s because what you did do seemed beneath notice it was so small that it didn t count. But it did just as each stitch counts toward a finished dress, each brick or nail toward a house you can live in, each mistake toward knowing how to do things right.
What do you do when you arent sure of the tone of a passage? 1. Start by identifying the BASIC tone; is it positive, negative, or neutral? Often you feel you ve done nothing when you ve actually done a lot. That s because what you did do seemed beneath notice it was so small that it didn t count. But it did just as each stitch counts toward a finished dress, each brick or nail toward a house you can live in, each mistake toward knowing how to do things right.
What do you do when you arent sure of the tone of a passage? 1. Start by identifying the BASIC tone; is it positive, negative, or neutral? Often you feel you ve done nothing when you ve actually done a lot. That s because what you did do seemed beneath notice it was so small that it didn t count. But it did just as each stitch counts toward a finished dress, each brick or nail toward a house you can live in, each mistake toward knowing how to do things right. TONE=positive
What do you do when you arent sure of the tone of a passage? 1. 2. Look at the answer choices; which ones reflect a positive, negative, or neutral tone? Start by identifying the BASIC tone; is it positive, negative, or neutral? Since you already noted that the passage had a positive tone, then you can eliminate choices A and D. So, your positive tone choices left allow you to make your best guess. A) Hesitant B) Encouraging C) Amused D) Condescending - - - - negative positive positive negative
Answer= B. Encouraging Often you feel you ve done nothing when you ve actually done a lot. That s because what you did do seemed beneath notice it was so small that it didn t count. But it did just as each stitch counts toward a finished dress, each brick or nail toward a house you can live in, each mistake toward knowing how to do things right.
Practice: DIRECTIONS: 1.Label each passage: positive, negative, or neutral tone. 2.Then, label each answer choice with +, -, or n. 3.Narrow down choices, and circle the letter of the word that most clearly expresses the tone in each passage. 4.Lastly, highlight 2 clues in the passage that led you to your choice.
