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This 5 page paper examines tone as used by fiction writers. Some examples of how tone is created come from the works of Letitia Burwell, Louisa May Alcott and Azar Nafisi. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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in relaying the tone of the author. Some examples of how tone is created come from the works of Letitia Burwell, Louisa May Alcott and Azar Nafisi. Each of these
authors have used the techniques relayed above which are imagery, diction and detailing. By examining three works, one by each author, it is easy to see how writers create tone.
In Letitita Burwells A Girls Life in Virginia Before the War, one is greeted with a great deal of use of imagery. For example, Burwell writes the following: "When he
arrived at home on furlough, his mother wept to see his tattered clothes, his shoeless feet, and his starved appearance" (47). The images one creates may be different in the
mind of different researchers. A "starved appearance" will drum up images of someone who is emaciated, but the concept may be different for different people. All readers will have a
glimpse of this individual who has torn clothing and no shoes. They will see in their minds eye a thin individual who appears poor. Of course, each reader will visualize
the illustration differently. The selection of detail is included in the context of the image created. The author selected this type of detail to demonstrate the point that war
is negative. The fact that the mother is crying is aligned with the tonality in relation to diction. The specific words are "his mother wept" (Burwell 47). The fact that
the mother "wept" and did not just "cry" provides a sense of extreme emotion. Calling the character "the mother" is another use of diction to demonstrate that the subject is
not this woman, but the solider who is torn and tattered. The weeping is related to how the author feels about the character and not his mother. In this way,
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