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<p class="volume_hdr">Tone</p>
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<p>The author’s purpose is expressed by the tone of voice he or she assumes
in writing. <b>Tone</b> is the emotion or mood of the author’s written voice.
Purpose and tone are so closely related that they work together. Purpose
and tone are established with word choice. To identify tone and purpose,
you need to build on several skills you have already studied: vocabulary,
inference, and main ideas. </p>
<p> An author chooses the words that make an impact on the reader, words that will help the author convey the intended purpose. Sometimes an author wants to appeal to reason and just gives facts and factual explanations. At other times, an author wants to appeal to emotions and stir the reader to feel deeply.
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<p> Tone clues the reader to the author’s
primary purpose. The main purpose of textbooks is to share reliable information;
therefore, textbooks strive
for an objective tone. An objective tone usually presents facts and reasonable,
un-biased explanations. Adjectives such as <i>matter-of-fact</i> and <i>factual</i> describe
this neutral tone. A subjective tone allows a writer to share his or her
personal worldview through fiction and personal essays. The subjective or
emotional tone words describe senses, feelings, personal experiences, judgments,
biases, or opinions. Study the following list of basic tone words.</p>
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<td colspan="2"><b>Basic Tone Words</b></td>
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<td><b>Objective (impartial)<br>
</b>unbiased<br>
neutral<br>
formal </td>
<td><b>Subjective (partial)<br>
</b>biased<br>
emotional<br>
informal </td>
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