ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Tone is the author’s attitude toward the topic. The author’s attitude is expressed through the words and details he or she selects. For example, textbooks are usually written with an objective tone which includes facts and reasonable explanations.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tone is the expression of the author’s attitude. Style refers to the individual traits or characteristics of a piece of writing. The style in which a story is written is one of the clearest indications of the tone of a story.

Detailed explanation-3: -Often an author’s tone is described by adjectives, such as: cynical, depressed, sympathetic, cheerful, outraged, positive, angry, sarcastic, prayerful, ironic, solemn, vindictive, intense, excited.

Detailed explanation-4: -subjective tone. A subjective tone uses words that describe feelings, judgments, or opinions. The details are likely to include experiences, senses, feelings, and thoughts. Objective tone is impartial.

Detailed explanation-5: -"The film was terrible." In fact it’s subjective, because it tells us about the writer’s feelings. It isn’t a fact that the film was terrible, it’s a feeling or an emotional reaction, and so a sentence like this would not be acceptable in objective writing.