Tone the Quote
What is the tone of this quote?
“I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”
What is Disappointed tone?
What kind of tone(s) do these words from the text indicate with no context from the text in general?
Confidence, Justice, Unimpaired
Confident/Righteous/Good
What would the usual tone be for a comedy?
What is Funny/Lighthearted?
What is the definition of "swell" according to the text?
"The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature."
What is to grow/increase?
What is Mr. Wood's favorite, well-known movie series?
What are the Avengers?
What is the tone of this quote?
“Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world? In our present differences, is either party without faith of being in the right? If the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with His eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North, or on yours of the South, that truth and that justice will surely prevail by the judgment of this great tribunal of the American people.”
What is Angry/Resentful/Disappointed tone?
What kind of tone(s) do these phrases from the text indicate with no context from the text in general?
"One and all", "My countrymen", "The great body."
Connected/Inclusive
What would the usual tone be for a tragedy?
What is the definition of "Assail" according to this quote?
"In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors."
Where was Mr. Wood born?
What is Wisconsin?
What is the tone of this quote?
“ Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before? Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws? Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you can not fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions, as to terms of intercourse, are again upon you.”
What is Thoughtful/Questioning tone?
What kind of tone(s) do these phrases from the text indicate with no context from the text in general?
"I have no objection..", "Either amicable or hostile", "either accept or refuse"
Objective/Not taking sides
How is tone different from mood?
Tone is the speaker's attitude while mood is the overall attitude of the content.
What is the definition of "virtue?" according to this quote?
" While the people retain their virtue and vigilance no Administration by any extreme of wickedness or folly can very seriously injure the Government in the short space of four years."
What is Goodness/Good Morality?
What is Mr. Wood's favorite football team?
What are the Green Bay Packers?
What is the tone of this quote?
“One section of our country believes slavery is right and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong and ought not to be extended. This is the only substantial dispute. The fugitive- slave clause of the Constitution and the law for the suppression of the foreign slave trade are each as well enforced, perhaps, as any law can ever be in a community where the moral sense of the people imperfectly supports the law itself.”
What is Objective/Neutral tone?
What kind of tone(s) do these words from the text indicate with no context from the text in general?
Loathe, Strained, Dissatisfied
Sad/Depressed/Pained
How is a tonal shift usually portrayed?
What is vocabulary/diction?
What is the definition of "amicable" according to the text?
"A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the different parts of our country can not do this. They can not but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them."
What is a discussion/nonhostile argument?
What does Mr. Wood shine his head with?
What is nothing?