The moment the words were out of my mouth, I wished I could take them back. I didn't mean to hurt Keith's feelings. He is such a kind person, and he certainly doesn't deserve to be treated so poorly. I guess the stress from school has been weighing on me heavily lately. Instead of taking my problems out on him, I need to deal directly with what is causing the stress.

What is the tone of the passage above?

Which words created that tone?

The moment the words were out of my mouth, I wished I could take them back. I didn't mean to hurt Keith's feelings. He is such a kind person, and he certainly doesn't deserve to be treated so poorly. I guess the stress from school has been weighing on me heavily lately. Instead of taking my problems out on him, I need to deal directly with what is causing the stress.

What is the tone of the following passage?

Often you feel you’ve done nothing when you’ve actually done a lot. That’s

because what you did do seemed beneath notice—it was so small that it

didn’t “count.” But it did—just as each stitch counts toward a finished dress,

each brick or nail toward a house you can live in, each mistake toward

knowing how to do things right.

What is the tone of the following passage?

We have come together this afternoon to mourn the deaths of sixteen

miners—our friends and neighbors—who were trapped by fire yesterday,

deep below the earth. They lived bravely and they died too soon, leaving

behind grieving wives and bewildered children. We bid them a final farewell.

What is the tone of the following passage?

What’s the matter with those idiots in the city council? First they pass new

parking regulations saying we can’t park our cars in front of our own houses

without a special permit. Now they’ve gone and slapped another tax on gas

purchase—just to widen a road that’s already wide enough. Anyway, nobody

enjoys the traffic delays resulting from road construction. The sooner we

vote those incompetents out, the better off we’ll all be.