Science Enhanced S&S Biology - Virginia Department of ...

KEEP THIS HANDOUT FOREVER, OR LONGER. Tone, Diction, and Syntax. TONE: the writer or speaker’s attitude toward the subject, audience, or events of the text. Word choice (diction), details, imagery, and sentence structure (syntax) all contribute. to the understanding of . tone. So… tone is the result of other literary choices made by the author. ................
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