LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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attitude of the reader
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the overall mood or feeling in a story
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the author’s attitude toward his writing
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reader’s point of view
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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. The objective tone is matter-of-fact and neutral.
Detailed explanation-2: -An author’s attitude, or tone, is simply his or her feelings about the subject he or she is writing about. Writers express their attitudes through their word choice, sentence structure, and figurative language.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Tone indicates the writer’s attitude. 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-5: -The tone of the letter is genuine. Therefore (B) is correct.