Flashcard 8 - 11th Grade English Language Arts and Literacy: Writing Flashcard Set for the SBAC

tone

Audience and purpose affect tone. If you want to persuade an audience, for example, you don’t want to insult or alienate them, so you must make sure that your tone is persuasive without attacking or being abrasive. Tone can generally be described in one word adjectives (satirical, funny, biting, critical, cautionary, etc.).