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Reminder: Essay on Friday. We will discuss the prompt in class tomorrow, and an outline for the essay will be due/graded on Friday along with your journals.
While going over your quizzes I have noticed that some of you are confused by what exactly constitutes the "tone" of a passage. I have described tone as how a piece "feels" or what "mood" the author seems to be in when he or she writes a piece. To help you discover the tone of future pieces, here is a list of tonal words (in no particular order):
boring
sympathetic afraid detached contemptuous happy confused apologetic hollow childish | angry sad sentimental sharp cold fanciful upset urgent complimentary silly joking | joyful peaceful horrific allusive mocking sarcastic sweet objective nostalgic vexed vibrant | tired frivolous irreverent bitter audacious benevolent dreamy shocking seductive restrained somber | giddy pitiful dramatic provocative didactic proud candid zealous condescending humorous |
How many do you already recognize from Lord of the Flies? Tone can be an important aspect of an analysis, and you can write an entire essay defending a thesis statement such as: "Although the island in Lord of the Flies seems to be a paradise at first, the author foreshadows later events through the oppressive tone used when he describes the boys' surroundings."
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