TONE PROJECT

KATRYN DEMYAN AND AMANDA BUCKLEW

INDIGNANT

In-DIG-nint
Definition:feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is

seen as unfair treatment

"I can find no other way of expressing my Thoughts and Sentiments, without making use of

some harsh words and comparisons against the carriers on of such abandoned wickedness. But,
in this little undertaking, I must humbly hope the impartial reader will excuse such defects as
may arise from want of better education; and as to the resentment of those who can lay their
cruel lash upon the backs of thousands, for a thousand times less crimes than writing against
their enormous wickedness and brutal avarice, is what I may be sure to meet with"
Thispiece of text exemplifies a writer who is speaking out against slavery, a systemhe views as

unjust. He is angry about the topic and shows it within the tone of his writing

HUMOROUS

HYOO-mer-us
Definition: comical, causing lighthearted laughter

or amusement
"Why did the chicken cross the road?"
This is a joke that is not meant to hold any serious

meaning, its only purpose is to be funny or

amusing.

DISTRACTED

Dis-TRAK-ted
Definition: unable toconcentrate because one's mind is preoccupied
This has been a hot minute to say the cold hard truth. I second that! Glasses full of hours

turn hands into long time... Melting ice just is served; liquid metal. Aluminum caulk and
spray painted plastic. Stuffing waste tied up one last loose end... Goosebumps prickle pale
skin. Hair falls from stress; once again stood up...Signals become blanketed but the fact
remains that only you can prevent forest fires. Frost coats winters world meeting boy
without jacket. Wind chills increase greatly in plain sight. Mountains are to the
west...Stranded by circumstances; squeezed in the middle. Kicked rocks ricochet; skipping
water, now down for the count; sand stands still
This text clearly showsadistracted tone because the writer's attention is divertedquickly

andat random times.

WORKS CITED

Cugoano, Ottobah. "Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil and Wicked Traffic of Slavery."

Thoughts and Sentimentsonthe Evil andWickedTraffic of the Slavery: And Commerce of

the Human Species, Humbly Submitted to the Inhabitants of Great-Britain, by Ottobah
Cugoano, ... N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2016.
ZiNk, Ir0nic. "Hang Man." Poem by Ir0nic ZiNk. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2016