Review Tone
Review
Tone
Growing up, did you ever hear these words coming out of your parents' mouths: "Don't you take that tone with me!"? Our tone of voice tells those listening to us how we are feeling about a subject. Parents can hear a tone that is disrespectful.
How we speak to our friends is different from how we speak to our teachers, parents, or community members (audience). They can hear the tone in our voice and see our body language. Our tone, when communicating verbally, lets people know our opinion about something.
In film, tone can be represented by lighting, music, actors, and so forth as shown in these two very different film trailers for the Disney film Mary Poppins. View these clips.
In writing, tone is very similar; however, it is represented through the word choices made by the author. You want to present your audience with your attitude about the subject. You want to create an atmosphere or feeling in order to influence the reader. The tricky part is that you can't use your voice or body language to carry the emotion; you have to use your words. Tone is the author's attitude about the subject. Tone influences the mood of the audience, the reader.
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The girls were playing in the pond, splashing each other and trying to catch fish with their hands. They were having fun, but kept looking over their shoulders at the looming forest. The long grass of the field kept moving and they sort of felt like they were being watched.... About a half hour passed and still the girls kept checking the field for movements. It seemed like a pair of dark eyes was on them. They even considered going back inside, but that would mean homework time. So they continued splashing, but with caution now. Their eyes hardly left the field.
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