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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