Lesson 1: Introduction to Tone and Language in Informational Texts
Completion requirements
- Objective: Understand the concepts of tone and language in informational texts.
- Instructions:
- Define tone: Tone is the author’s attitude toward the subject or the audience, expressed through word choice, sentence structure, and other stylistic elements.
- Define purpose: Purpose is the reason why the author wrote the text, whether to inform, persuade, entertain, or explain.
- Discuss how language choices (e.g., formal or informal, emotive or neutral) contribute to tone and purpose.
- Provide examples of different tones (e.g., serious, sarcastic, optimistic, critical) and purposes (e.g., to inform, to persuade).
- Choose a news article (assigned by the teacher or from a list) and read it carefully.