1. An introduction to TONE
Unit 1 Vocab
An introduction to TONE

2. What is TONE? The author’s attitude toward the subject or audience.
How do writers convey tone?
Diction (look at connotative meanings!)
Syntax
Imagery
Figurative language

3. Week 1 TONE Words Didactic (adj.) Admonitory (adj.)
A.) designed or intended to teach
B.) making moral observations
Admonitory (adj.)
giving or conveying warning or reprimand
Condescending (adj.)
acting in a way that demonstrates a feeling of patronizing superiority
Nostalgic (adj.)
a bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past

4. Week 2 TONE Words Disillusioned (adj) Wistful (adj) Staid (adj)
Disappointed; dissatisfied
Wistful (adj)
Full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy OR inspiring such a yearning
Staid (adj)
Marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint; sober or grave
Flippant (adj)
Lacking the proper seriousness or respect

5. Week 3 TONE Words Candid (adj) Clinical (adj) Histrionic (adj)
Marked by honest or sincere expression
Clinical (adj)
Analytical; coolly dispassionate
Histrionic (adj)
Deliberately affected; theatrical
Droll (adj)
Having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality

6. What does Ebola do to the immune system
What does Ebola do to the immune system? Once the virus enters the body, it targets several types of immune cells that represent the first line of defense against invasion. It infects dendritic cells, which normally display signals of an infection on their surfaces to activate T lymphocytes—the white blood cells that could destroy other infected cells before the virus replicates further. With defective dendritic cells failing to give the right signal, the T cells don’t respond to infection, and neither do the antibodies that depend on them for activation. The virus can start replicating immediately and very quickly.

7. I know you probably have a lot on your mind already, but you should be aware that 90 percent of the universe is missing. At least that's what astronomers are claiming. I personally wouldn't know. My only exposure to the universe was an astronomy course I took in my sophomore year at Haverford College (motto: "We Never Heard of YOU, Either"), and the only astronomical principle I learned was that, because of the rotation of the Earth about its axis, astronomy class started WAY too early in the morning to actually attend in person. I needed to sleep late in college because I usually stayed up very late working with my roommates, Rob Stavis, Bob Stern and Ken Stover, on important academic projects such as ordering pizza or assembling the legendary Two-Man Submarine. This was a miniature submarine that we obtained by sending $9.95 away to a company that advertised in Marvel comics. It came in a small, lightweight, very flat box, but when we assembled all the parts, we had an actual working two-man submarine in every possible respect except that (1) The two men could not be in it simultaneously, and (2) being constructed entirely of cardboard, it was not ideally suited for the underwater environment.

8. The Grammys, if they want real artists to keep coming back, they need to stop playing with us. We ain't gonna play with them no more. Beck needs to respect artistry and he should have given his award to Beyoncé, and at this point, we are tired of it. Because what happens is, when you keep on diminishing art and not respecting the craft and smacking people in their face after they deliver monumental feats of music, you're disrespectful to inspiration.