Question

Match the sentence to the author’s tone. 1. “She hit her left foot against an outcropped root, and terror seized her. It was an ill omen.” objectivity 2. “The drum sounded again and the flute blew. The igwugwu house was now a pandemonium of quavering voices.” fear 3. “But what is good in one place is bad in another.” excitement

Answer 1

1. fear

2. Excitement

3. objectivity

Answer 2

Answer: 1. Fear, 2. Excitement, and 3. Objectivity.

Explanation: The tone of a text or sentence is the author's or speaker's attitude towards the audience, the subject or even the characters of the text. There are many different kinds of tones, like: positive, negative, objective, sad, angry, etc. The first sentence is an example of a tone of fear ("terror seized her"), in the second sentence we can see an example of a tone of excitement, and in the third one we can see a tone of objectivity (because it is neutral).