Tip #5 Tone Questions

Tests ability to:

a)Understand the attitude of author
b)Understand the type of writing it is
c)Look for evidence by way of adjectives, adverbs etc….

An example worded questions might be:
   What would best express the tone of the passage?
    What is the author's attitude towards....?

Strategies
1.Determine if it is neutral/objective/impersonal/factual/ informative
    Many times the answer is just a variation of neutrality. If the choice not              given or it is not neutral, then proceed to assess the tone

2.Look for article positive or negative charge
–    Determine what it is for the article
–    Which questions are positive and which are negative?
–      Take out ones different from the negative or positive charge

3.Determine whether passage is factual or opinionated
–    Which fit the nature of the passage?
–    Take off uncharacteristic tone words for authors if it is a factual article
–Check wording if not sure