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Tone "The Necklace"
The tone is miserable
A Sound of Thunder
The tone is grim
Tone
The Scarlet Ibis
"'Can't we' he pleaded to the world, to himself, to the official. 'Can't we take it back'" (Bradbury 44). This quote shows how the speaker is sad for the man because he knew this would happen.
The tone is melancholy
"Instead of being delighted, as her husband hoped, she threw the invitation on the table with disdain"(Maupassant 221). This shows how the speaker is upset with the condition of living that the couple has.
"Sheltering my fallen Scarlet Ibis from the heresy of the rain"(Hurst 323). These help show the emotional sadness the speaker has too the past with his brother.
Definition
Salvador Late or Early
Tone is the perspective that the author adopts with regards to a specific character, place or development.
The tone is gloomy
The Most Dangerous Game
Black Boy
The tone is foreboding
"Salvador whose name none of the teachers remember, is a boy who is no one's friend"(Cisneros 183). The speaker has us feel sorry for Salvador by using a sad and upset tone.
"Rainsford did not smile. 'I am still a beast at bay,' he said in a low, hoarse voice. 'Get ready General Zaroff'" (Connell 27). The text shows how Rainsford is giving the General a death sentence right before him.
The tone is depressed
"Half frightened we would promise solemnly"(Wright 107). This shows how the family is down out of luck and the narrator shows this through his upset tone.
Tone The Birds
The tone is uneasy
The Cask of Ammontilado
Harrison Bergeron
The tone is solemn
The tone is sly
Gift of the Magi
"Nobody was smarter than anybody else"(Vonnegut 133). The speaker talks as if the world has taken a turn for the worst and will be hard to fix.
The tone is admiring
"You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that gave utterance to a threat"(Poe 233) The speaker tries to act like we are friends and tries to justify his actions which is cunning and sneaky.
"So now Della's beautiful hair fell about her rippling and shining like a cascade of brown water"(Henry 204). This shows how the narrator is fond of the characters prized possessions and their sacrifices.
"Had it not been for those corpses on the bedroom floor, which he must now collect and bury somewhere, he would have considered the tale exaggeration too"(Maurier 51). This shows how the speaker knows something is wrong because the birds don't usually act like this, which makes him unsettled.