Language and Composition B
Identifying Tone
In this excerpt, the author's word choice creates a tone
that is best described as
Heat can break down the botulin, but this requires much
more cooking than most people do to canned goods. To
the extent that botulism occurs at all, of course, it can
occur in cans on pantry shelves as well as in cans from
Dumpsters. Need I say that home-canned goods found in
Dumpsters are simply too risky to be recommended,
-"On Dumpster Diving,"
Lars Eighner
informative
solemn.
uncertain
resigned
diplomatic