I will talk a little about the tone in a story. The tone in a story can be joyful, seroius, sad, formal or informal. One trick that may help you figure out the tone of the story that you're reading is to imagine a key scene from the story as a movie. The music that is playing in the background, do you imagine something dark and moody, light and peppy, somber and thoughtful? Well music is a tool often used in movies to emphasize tone. For example, a story with a dark, ominous tone will probably have more negative descriptions than a light, happy comedy. Now we have an idea of the tone in a story.
Examples of the tone in everyday speech
1. Father: “We are going on a vacation.”
Son: “That’s great!!!”
– The tone of son’s response is very cheerful
2. Father: “We can’t go on vacation this summer.”
Son: “Ok. Great! That’s what I expected.”
– The son’s tone is sarcastic in the given response
Tone is very important in a story is just sets the mood.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great way to describe how to derive the tone of a writing. I had not really thought about it that way, but it would certainly work. Good writing, Vanessa!
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