Tone
How is writing like music? In music song is made up of many elements including lyrics, tempo, and pitch. In writing, the tone is set by the interplay of word choice, sentence structure, and content. All of these work together to create a tone or a mood in a piece of writing.
Tone = the way that a writer or speaker uses distinctive word choice to indicate an attitude toward a subject.
How many tone words do you know? Brainstorm as many terms as you can before we proceed. Write these terms in your spiral notebook. Send a representative to write three on the board. Please don’t repeat terms already on the board.
As a group, choose one tone word to “act out” for the class by acting out a scene, or speaking a few lines in this tone.
Use these clues to add to your list of tone terminology. Briefly define each of these tone words. List words you know with similar meanings. Write these words and brief definitions in your spiral.
1. A sentimental tone might also be called no________gic.
2. A sarcastic tone might also be called mo__________ing.
3. A calm and serene tone might also be called tr_______il
4. A mournful tone might also be called dism_______ or som________
5. A silly tone might also be called fri__________lous
6. A close-minded tone might be considered prov________ial
7. A playful tone might be called wh___________ical
8. A preachy tone might also be called did_________tic
9. A condescending tone might also be referred to as pat__________izing
10. A bold or daring tone might be considered pro__________cative or aud_______ious.
11. A very open and honest tone is often called a c______did tone.
12. A bitter or sharp tone might be called ac________ic
13. A tone that shows anger or resentment is often called an acri___________ious tone.
14. A tone that show contempt or ridicule might be called der______ive.
15. Language that is overly pretentious and seeks to impress might be called bom_______ic.
Writing Task
1. Take a piece of paper. Write your tone term at the top. Fold the top of the page so that you cannot see the tone word at the top of the page.
2. Take a moment to look up what that tone word means so that you fully understand the word.
3. Then, write at least ½ a page on any one of the following topics using that tone.
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The Olympics
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Saving Money
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Going green
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Nature
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Love
To be continued into tomorrow’s lesson. Bring your half page of writing to class!