Tone+Words


 * A. P. English - Hutchinson/Paul TONE/ATTITUDE WORDS **

=Below is a fairly exhaustive list of words we would use to describe the tone of a piece of writing, that is, the attitude the speaker has toward his or her subject in the work. In non-fiction, the tone is the writer's, while in fiction, the tone may be multi-layered, conveying the attitude of a character or characters, the narrator, and/or possibly the author.= = =