To begin another lesson for this week, today you

will know how to infer the speaker’s tone, mood

and purpose.

Remember that tone in a written composition is

generally conveyed through the choice of words or
the viewpoint of the speaker/writer on a particular
subject.
 tone
expresses the attitude the author
has towards the subject or topic
of the poem.

Examples:
hopeful, affectionate, angry, impatient

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 tone and mood

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The tone can be formal, informal, serious, comic, sarcastic, sad
and cheerful or it may be any other existing attitudes.
Mood refers to the literary element that evokes certain
feelings or vibes through words and descriptions. Some
examples of mood are cheerful, romantic, calm, angry,
hopeful, fearful, tense and lonely.
 mood
atmosphere or the emotion that
arouses in a reader.

Examples:
annoyed, jealous, confident, passionate

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Read the paragraph, then let us infer the
speaker’s tone and mood expressed in each
statement below.

Miss Ranin politely excused herself

and left the breakfast table. She was
not feeling well. She had been resting in
her cabin for some time when she
smelled smoke. She thought it was from
the machine room.
Then she heard an alarm. “Maybe it’s just the fog
horn,” she said to herself. But when she opened
her cabin door, she saw people running and going
up the upper deck. Smoke was everywhere. She
grabbed a life jacket from under her bed and put
on her overcoat. In a few minutes, she was outside
her cabin. “This way!” a man said. “I must find my
brother,” she said as she followed the man. “There
is no time!” the man said as he pushed her
towards the lifeboat
1. The smoke, people running and going up the upper
deck, and the sound of the alarm are meant to give
you. _______________
2. “I must find my brother!” From this sentence you can
conclude that Miss Ranin was ___________.
3. She grabbed a life jacket and put on her overcoat.
From this behavior you can say that Miss Ranin was
___________.
4. “There is no time!” the man said as he pushed her
towards the lifeboat. From this sentence you can say
that the man wanted to ____________.
Purpose is the reason an author decides to
write a certain topic. Some common
purpose of a speaker is to inform,
persuade, or entertain.
 purpose

to inform to entertain to persuade

to give information to amuse o delight, to convince the
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