Tone refers to the implied attitude of a writer toward their subject and characters. It can be conveyed through word choices that reveal an author's perspective. Understanding tone is key to comprehending an author's intended meaning and the relationship between the reader and text. Elements like descriptive language, word choice, and details contribute to establishing an overall tone, such as happy, sad, or serious. To identify tone, readers should pay attention to these elements and ask how the author feels about their topic and how those feelings are expressed.

1. Tone

2. ContentWhat is tone?Purpose of ToneElements to make the toneHow to identify tone?

3. What is Tone?Tone: the implied attitude of a writer toward the subject and characters of a work.ATTITUDECHARACTERSAUTHOR

4. Tone may behappy, sad, formal, informal, ironic, playful, serious, angry, naive condescending, or many other possible attitudes

5. TONE EXAMPLEFinally, one of the girls pointed to the grass and giggled. "Meow!" A cat sat on the edge of the field and licked its paw. They did indeed have company. The girls ran over to the cat and pet his belly. They laughed and the cat sauntered back to the field. The tone of this passage is happy/contentment as there was a successful, happy resolution to the problem.

6. What is the purpose of tone?:writerRelationshipreadermaterialsemotions

7. What is the purpose of tone?:Tone is the typical quality of the writer’s personality.Creates growing emotion in the reader. It sets the relationship between reader and writer. Connects the material to the reader.

8. Understanding Tone Understanding Tone Understanding tone is a prerequisite to understanding meaning. It is key to understanding the author’s mood It is key to making connections between the author’s thought and its expression.

9. Elements to make the toneElements contribute to make the tone

10. Tips to identify toneTone must be inferred through the use of descriptive words.You can recognize the tone/attitude by the language/word choices the author uses. His language will reveal his perspective/opinion