Do the words sound casual or formal
apathetic, amused, assertive, bitter, cautionary, comical, complex, cruel, dignified, empathetic, grim, humble, intimate, loving, modest, narcissistic, objective, outraged, pretentious, sentimental, sympathetic, submissive, thoughtful, tragic, witty, vindictive, whimsical
Tone and mood are pretty easy to mix up. Here are the definitions from an AP English student:
Tone: how the author feels towards his subject.
eg. Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn is satirical since Twain's making fun of Huck's ignorance as well as the racist, uneducated Southern people. The tone in Supersize Me is also satirical: Morgan Spurlock is making fun of American culture.
Although research papers can be written in many tones, the best way is the formal tone for research papers that are targeted towards researchers who have knowledge of the field. This involves no colloquial language, no slang words and few instances of technical jargon.
Some research papers are written in semi-formal tone which are targeted at the mass audience.
The tone of the story doesn't really have anything to do with the characters in many stories. The character can be blissfully unaware that he or she is inside of a Horror story, for example, or someone in a romantic tale may be depressed or worried.
A tone is the overall mood of a story, the way it makes you feel
What the emotion or feelings are/in your story.
The tone can run the entire spectrum from hostile to begging acceptance. Literature tries not to delimit itself but remain as open as possible for 'freedom of expression'.
How different is the narrator's perspective from the character's
to show a moment from slightly diffferent perspective
Two common mistakes a writer might make that could cause the writing to be ineffective for the reader are using transition words or phrases wrong and being too wordy with your sentences.
What was the author's purpose
You can, it might make the reader question themselves.
When a writer chooses to answer the question, the value placed on the answer comes from the reader. The value of the writer is placed in the hands of the reader and what the writer says might mean something different to different readers.
It might be early in the story and the author might not want the reader to form an opinion yet.Or perhaps the author is describing a minor detail and does not want to draw extra attention to it that could detract from something more important happening in the story.
When writing a synthesis paragraph, a writer might ask: What are the main points of the sources being synthesized? How can these sources be interconnected to support a unified thesis statement or argument? What additional research or analysis is needed to effectively merge the information from different sources into a coherent whole?
Answer this question… It allows the reader to look at the evidence used to support the essay's claims.
1) anecdote 2) description 3) question
Usually not. This is awkward and confusing to the reader, instead say "didn't need". But, if you are writing a poem or any other elegant piece of writing it might be acceptable. Though you should abstain from using "needed not" in everyday conversation.
Romance is writing that shows life as the author or reader might like it to be rather than how it truly is. Often, a romance is full of evil spies, adventure, and superheroes.