IDENTIFYING THE

AUTHOR’S TONE AND

POINT OF VIEW
Tone is the author ‘s attitude
toward the topic or issue.
Your choice of words, can affect the
meaning and tone that you wish to
convey
Positive (+)
negative (-)
neutral (=)
examples:
Positive (+) thrifty
negative (-) saving
neutral (=) stingy
examples:
Positive (+) courageous
negative (-) confident
neutral (=) conceited
 Positive (+)
my experience so far has been
fantastic !
 negative (-)
your support team is useless.
 neutral (=)
the product is okay I guess.