The tone of a story refers to the emotional quality or atmosphere that the author creates through their writing. It can convey the author's attitude towards the subject matter or influence how the reader feels while reading the story. Tone can be serious, humorous, suspenseful, or any other emotion evoked by the text.
Tone is the attitude conveyed by the narrator of the story. To determine the tone pay attention to what the narrator says.
The setting of the story does this.
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A playful tone
authors tone is the attitude in the story
A playful tone
The tone is reassuring and instructive.
The tone is how the narrator feels about the story. It could be a sad story but the narrator talks about it angrily making the tone angry.
The tone of the poem is kind of like the mood it creates. "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein is a story about a mystical and magical world. The tone of this poem is hope and adherence to the rules.
This would be your mood, the way the author feels is the tone, if that is what you mean.
Tone refers to the attitude taken by the narrator of the story. It is possible for the tone of a story to be considerably different from the atmosphere and mood of the story although usually the three try to unite in their effects.
The tone helps to show the theme.