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Often an author's tone is described by adjectives, such as: cynical, depressed, sympathetic, cheerful, outraged, positive, angry, sarcastic, prayerful, ironic, solemn, vindictive, intense, excited.

These two sentences have the same meaning, but they use different tones. The first is more informal and casual, while the second is more formal. Generally, there are three categories of tones in writing: positive, negative, and neutral.

The TONE is the feeling or the atmosphere that the author has set in his story, while the MOOD is the feeling or the atmosphere that the reader gets when he is reading the story.

Types of Tone in Writing Formal. Informal. Optimistic. Pessimistic. Joyful. Sad. Sincere. Hypocritical.

Tone often describes the writing overall, but the mood of a piece of writing can change throughout it. For example, at the death of a character the mood could be depressed or sad, but at the discovery of a long lost friend, the mood could be upbeat and joyful.

Tone | (n.) The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience conveyed through word choice and the style of the writing. Mood | (n.) The overall feeling, or atmosphere, of a text often created by the author's use of imagery and word choice.

• The tone is the attitude of the author. toward the subject and characters of a story. • Tone is important in determining the. author's purpose of the story.

Mood shows the particular scenes that direct us toward the subject of a story, but tone tells what each character actually thinks of that subject.