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1. ToneToneTone It Gives One A Feeling…

2. Tone is…. • a feeling that is conveyed by the author. • a mood conveyed by the words he or she is using. • often enhanced by other tools like diction (word choice), images, or syntax (word placement). • can be happy or sad, unfriendly or friendly, sarcastic or apathetic, self-important or timid.

3. TONE Types • Peaceful, pleasant, jubilant, satisfied, bright, elated, contented, sprightly, enraptured, joyful, cheerful, gleeful and playful. • Sharp, spiteful, disgruntled, insulting, reproving, severe, harsh, derisive, impudent, scolding, boorish, hateful, pitiless, satiric, contemptuous, baleful, disparaging, insolent, accusing, bumptious.

4. It can be rational… • admonitory, condemnatory, wistful, sincere, cynical, persuasive, explanatory, indignant, pensive, questioning, insinuating, argumentative, instructive, puzzled, thoughtful, incredulous, persuading, oracular, didactic, nonplussed, innocent, doubting, coaxing, probing, candid, curious, frank, uncertain, pleading or erudite.

5. Or it can be • painful, worried, vexed, cheerless, melancholy, sore, crushed, uneasy, annoyed, mournful, plaintive, sour, pathetic, troubled, bored, sorrowful, fretful, sulky, tragic, disappointed, disgusted, sad, querulous, sullen, grieving, regretful, miserable, dismal, irritable, bitter or anguished.

6. Tone can be formal or informal….it can be • Passionate • Impulsive • Caressing • Lofty • Shy

7. You can hear it in the writer’s words or sense it in his images….

8. Diction, images, details and syntax provide us with the clues we need. Now for some practice. . .

9. "Freedom," John Ruskin You will send your child, will you, into a room where the table is loaded with sweet wine and fruit-some poisoned, some not?-you will say to him, "Choose freely, my little child! It is so good for you to have freedom of choice; it forms your character-your individuality! If you take the wrong cup or the wrong berry, you will die before the day is over, but you will have acquired the dignity of a free child."

10. How does Ruskin feel about young children having freedom? A)  sincere/honest      B)  sarcastic/mocking   C)  joyful/rejoicing

11. The Way Things Work, David Macaulay The kind of nuclear reaction that happens inside a nuclear reactor is called nuclear fission. The fuel is uranium or plutonium, two very heavyelements which have many protons and neutrons in their nuclei. Fission starts when a fast-moving neutron strikes a nucleus. The nucleus cannot take in the extra neutron, and the whole nucleus breaks apart into twosmaller nuclei.

12. How does Macaulay feel about nuclear fission? A)  uncertain/confused  B)  scared/apprehensive C)  factual/unbiased

13. Frankenstein, Mary Shelley "I am not mad," [the monster] cried energetically, "the sun and the heavens, who have viewed my operations, can bear witness of my truth. I am the assassin of those most innocent victims; they died by my machinations. A thousand times would I have shed my own blood, drop by drop, to have saved their lives; but I could not, my father, indeed I could not sacrifice the whole human race."

14. Shelley writes so that the monster sounds like he is... A)  sorry/remorseful    B)  angry/vindictive    C)  humorous/happy

15. "Polish War Song," Percival Freedom calls you! Quick, be ready-Rouse ye in the name of God,-Onward, onward, strong and steady,-Dash to earth the oppressor's rod.Freedom calls, ye brave!Rise and spurn the name of slave.

16. How does Percival feel about the idea of going to war? A)  excited/motivated   B)  bitter/resentful    C)  afraid/scared

17. For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hemingway "Afterwards we will be as one animal of the forest and be so close that neither one can tell that one of us is one and not the other. Can you not feel my heart be your heart?" whispered Nick.

18. What attitude does Hemingway's main character, Nick, have about his girlfriend? A)  romantic    B)  friendly    C)  joking

19. Now to read the words with care…and to enjoy…