Identifying Tone
9th Grade · ELA · 15 min· 9.t.c.1.b: Assess The Impact Of Context And Language On A Text’s Reception By The Audience.
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Learning Objective
I can determine an author's tone and explain how specific word choices create that tone.
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Liz changed "mom" to "mommy" to soften her request for money; this shows how word choice can change the tone of a message.
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Instead of saying she "needs" money, Liz said she could "use" some money, and instead of saying she "never" goes out, she said she "rarely" goes out.
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Authors, journalists, and speech writers choose words based on the results they want and how they want the reader to feel or think.
