Tone in Literature and Nonfiction

The tone is nonfiction writing is mostly _________.

When labor is light and the morning is fair,
I find it a pleasure beyond all compare
To hitch up my nag1 and go hurrying down
And take Katie May for a ride into town;
For bumpety-bump goes the wagon,
But tra-la-la-la our lay.
There's joy in a song as we rattle along
In the light of the glorious day.

Tone is the writer or speaker's _______ about a particular topic or subject.

Tone shapes and gives life to a piece of writing because it creates a ________.

Father: “We can’t go on vacation this summer.”
Son: “Ok. Great! That’s what I expected.”
The tone in this dialogue is ________.

Tone gives a ________ to characters so that the reader will understand them.

The School” by Donald Barthelme:
“And the trees all died. They were orange trees. I don’t know why they died, they just died...."
The tone from this piece of work is _______.

Tone comes through in a writer's work by his/her ______ choice and style.

from The Land of Beginning Again
By Louisa Fletcher Tarkington

I wish there were some wonderful place
Called the Land of Beginning Again,
Where all our mistakes and all our heartaches,
And all our poor, selfish grieves1
Could be dropped, like a shabby2 old coat, at the door,
And never put on again.

We would find the things we intended to do,
But forgot and remembered too late--
Little praises unspoken, little promises broken,
And all of the thousand and one
Little duties neglected3 that might have perfected
The days of one less fortunate.


So I wish that there were some wonderful place
Called the Land of Beginning Again,
Where all our mistakes and all our heartaches,
And all our poor, selfish grieves
Could be dropped, like a ragged old coat, at the door,
And never put on again.



What is the tone of the words below that are from the poem above?

1. grieves: to feel very sad about something
2. shabby: torn, worn, in poor condition
3. neglected: failed to care for something

Father: “We are going on a vacation.”
Son: “That’s great!!!”
The tone in this dialogue is ________.