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Don’t Blame the Eater

Don’t Blame the Eater. Title your paper Don’t blame the eater reading notes. Set up your notes. Tone.

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Don’t Blame the Eater

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  1. Don’t Blame the Eater Title your paper Don’t blame the eater reading notes

  2. Set up your notes

  3. Tone • Tone is the author’s attitude toward the writing (his characters, the situation) and the readers. A work of writing can have more than one tone. An example of tone could be both serious and humorous. Tone is set by the setting, choice of vocabulary and other details.

  4. To establish tone: • Word choice • Are the words we use small or big? • Do the words carry positive or negative connotation? • Context • What is the situation of the statement? • What else is occurring? Example: “You’re a big help!”

  5. Tone and non-fiction • Appeals to emotion • How they make us feel • Writers are often • Nostalgic • Sad • Angry • Passionate • Aggressive • Formal • Informal • Frustrated • Understanding As we read, identify where/ if Zinczenko creates the following tones (mark it on your article)

  6. Tone: Sarcasm • Read “how sarcasm works” and take notes.

  7. Re-read Zinczenko • Identify/ label where he is being sarcastic

  8. Questions: Appeal to emotion • How does Zinczenko’s tone affect the emotions of the reader? • What affect does his sarcasm have on the reader? Does it help or hurt his argument?

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