Tone is the means in which an author projects a unique mood and attitude through precise word choice.
Example 1 (rexaled gangsta tone.. not really, but I try):
Yo bro, meet my pal Lydz, she's the bomb!
Example 2 (more like a list of tone words):
animated, arrogant, awestruck, admiring, befuddled, benevolent, compliant, cautionary, callous, docile, derisive, dispassionate, demeaning, excited, empathetic, frivolous, fuming, ghoulish, grim, gullible, gentle, hard, hard-hearted, indignant, intimate, impressionable, sulking, impartial, ironic, joyous, loving, malicious, mocking, modest, mourning, mean-spirited, naive, nasty, obsequious, optimistic, outspoken, pompous, pragmatic, patronizing, philosophical, persuasive,
reflective, resentful, restrained
For more where that came from, go to http://www1.fccj.edu/shughes/tone_words_to_know.htm
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That's a surprisingly accurate rendition of how we talk n da hood.
ReplyDeleteHaha, thanks.
ReplyDeleteI don't really know if gangsta is a tone, but relaxed is right? ;)
Oh gangsta is definitely a relaxed mind released tone.
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