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Understanding Tone: The Power of "O

Explore the significance of the word "O" in expressing various emotions and undertones. Discover how stress and emphasis shape tone, and uncover the subtext in everyday conversations.

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Understanding Tone: The Power of "O

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  1. Understanding Tone It’s not just what you say, it’s how you say it.

  2. O What is this?

  3. Right! It can be all those things. It’s also an actual word! O Expressing (according to intonation) surprise, frustration, discomfort, longing, disappointment, sorrow, relief, hesitation, etc. Used mainly in imperative or exclamatory sentences or phrases, as in:“O take me back again!” “O for another glimpse of it!” “O the pity of it!” “O dear!” The Oxford English Dictionary

  4. Subtext An underlying and often distinct theme in a piece of writing or conversation

  5. Ex. of subtext: At your lunch table today, your buddy has three chocolate cookies. You say, “Are you going to eat all of those?” What’s the subtext here? What are you really asking?

  6. Tone A particular quality, pitch, modulation, or inflection of the voice expressing or indicating affirmation, interrogation, hesitation, decision, or some feeling or emotion; vocal expression. TheOxford English Dictionary

  7. O OK, back to…

  8. First student volunteer, say “O” surprised

  9. angry

  10. awe

  11. suspicious

  12. excited

  13. sad

  14. exhausted

  15. lusty

  16. contempt

  17. afraid

  18. Good job! Now stress (or emphasis) is also important in determining tone and meaning.

  19. Stress Relative loudness or force of vocal utterance; a greater degree of vocal force characterizing one syllable as compared with other syllables of the word, or one part of a syllable as compared with the rest; stress-accent. Also, superior loudness of voice as a means of emphasizing one or more of the words of a sentence more than the rest. Oxford English Dictionary

  20. Let’s give this a try. Read the line, emphasizing the word in red. I didn’t say he killed our King.

  21. I didn’t say he killed our King.

  22. I didn’t say he killed our King.

  23. I didn’t say he killed our King.

  24. I didn’t say he killed our King.

  25. I didn’t say he killed our King.

  26. I didn’t say he killed our King.

  27. Some lines from Shakespeare Get ready…more lines are coming around the room.

  28. O, how I love thee! How I dote on thee! (lusty)

  29. O, for a stone-bow, to hit him in the eye! (angry)

  30. O, I am out of breath in this fond chase! (exhausted)

  31. O, I am fortune’s fool! (regret)

  32. O, speak again, bright angel! (lusty)

  33. O lamentable day! (misery)

  34. O, she doth teachthe torches to burn bright! (excited)

  35. O me, O me! My child, my only life. (distraught)

  36. O, wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied? (disappointed)

  37. Our play is done! (relief)

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