Tone

[Kmikaeli]

When assessing the state of mind or feeling that a specific group/individual/author has in the whole passage, do we look at the tones individually or as a whole. For instance the author has one type of tone in the first paragraph and another in the second paragraph, do we treat them as two different tones or as a combination where we modify it?

[Dave Killoran]

Hi Kmikaeli,

It would be a combination of the whole. So, for example, if the author was very optimistic in the first paragraph, but then tempered that enthusiasm with some minor reservations in the second paragraph, at that point we'd say the tone was "positive but realistic" or "hopeful" or something similar (depends on the exact topic and context, of course).

Thanks!

[Kmikaeli]

Thank you!