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Tone, Mood, Technique, and Purpose of The Author

The document discusses tone, mood, technique, and purpose of the author. It defines tone as the author's attitude expressed through word choice, which can be objective and unbiased or subjective and emotive. Mood refers to the emotions evoked in readers. Technique involves the author's syntax, word choice, and tone, and there are four basic literary styles: expository, descriptive, persuasive, and narrative. The purpose of writing is to inform, entertain, or persuade readers by providing facts, amusement, or convincing arguments.

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Tone, Mood, Technique, and Purpose of The Author

The document discusses tone, mood, technique, and purpose of the author. It defines tone as the author's attitude expressed through word choice, which can be objective and unbiased or subjective and emotive. Mood refers to the emotions evoked in readers. Technique involves the author's syntax, word choice, and tone, and there are four basic literary styles: expository, descriptive, persuasive, and narrative. The purpose of writing is to inform, entertain, or persuade readers by providing facts, amusement, or convincing arguments.

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  • Introduction: Provides an overview of the presentation's focus on analyzing the author's tone, mood, technique, and purpose.
  • Tone: Explains the concept of tone, differentiating between objective and subjective tones used by authors.
  • Mood: Discusses how mood reflects the emotions invoked in the reader or the general atmosphere of the text.
  • Technique: Details the author's use of syntax, word choice, and four basic literary styles including expository, descriptive, persuasive, and narrative.
  • Purpose of the Author: Outlines the main purposes of writing, focusing on informing, entertaining, and persuading the audience.

Tone, Mood,

Technique, and
Purpose of the
Author
• The tone of the author can either be
TONE objective and subjective.

- is the attitude of the


⦁ Objective - an objective tone is
author towards the unbiased.
given topic. The tone
is expressed through ⦁ Subjective - uses words that conveys
the words of the emotion, feelings and thought which may
author. be referred to as creative and informal as
well.
MOOD
- refers to the emotions that arise in the reader or the
atmosphere of the text.
TECHNIQUE
-is the author's syntax, word choice and tone. There are four basic literary
styles used in writing: expository or argumentative, descriptive, persuasive,
and narrative.
Four Basic Literary Styles used in Writing:
⦁ Expository or Argumentative - tells the readers about a specific subject
or topic but the author leaves out his own opinion about the topic.
⦁ Descriptive - describes an event, a character, or a place in detail. The
author usually incorporates sensory details in the text.
⦁ Persuasive - gives reasons and justifications to make the readers
believe his point of view. The aim of this text is to persuade or
convince the readers.

⦁ Narrative - narrates a story like in novels, short stories, biographies,


and poetries.
Purpose of the Author
- the reason why the text is written.
Main Purposes of Writing:
⦁ To inform - the gives out information through the text by
providing facts and explanation to the readers.
⦁ To entertain - the author gives delight or amusement to the
readers through writing the text.
⦁ To persuade - the author convinces the readers to agree to
his/her point of view. Also, the author may give facts to prove a point.

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