1. Title your paper Don’t blame the eater reading notes

2. Set up your notes Name Date
Notes 8: Don’t blame the eater: tone Period
Essential Question: (RC 2.6 and WS 1.5) What is tone? How is it created and how does the author use it for rhetorical effect?
Questions:
Notes:
You will have:
Notes from the PP
Notes from the article
Questions about the article
Revisions

3. Tone
Tone is the author’s attitude toward the writing (his characters, the situation) and the readers. A work of writing can have more than one tone. An example of tone could be both serious and humorous. Tone is set by the setting, choice of vocabulary and other details.

4. Example: “You’re a big help!”
To establish tone:
Word choice
Are the words we use small or big?
Do the words carry positive or negative connotation?
Context
What is the situation of the statement?
What else is occurring?
Example: “You’re a big help!”

5. Tone and non-fiction
Appeals to emotion
How they make us feel
Writers are often
Nostalgic
Sad
Angry
Passionate
Aggressive
Formal
Informal
Frustrated
Understanding
As we read, identify where/ if Zinczenko creates the following tones (mark it on your article)

6. Tone: Sarcasm
Read “how sarcasm works” and take notes.

7. Re-read Zinczenko
Identify/ label where he is being sarcastic

8. Questions: Appeal to emotion
How does Zinczenko’s tone affect the emotions of the reader?
What affect does his sarcasm have on the reader? Does it help or hurt his argument?