Word Choice and Meaning
Learning Objective
I can evaluate the effect of a writer's use of language, including words with multiple meanings, on a text.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Explain the difference between an author's tone and an author's voice, according to the video. Provide an example to illustrate the difference.
2. The video analyzes the tone of a passage about hot dogs. Choose a different food or product and write two short descriptions of it, each with a distinct tone (e.g., enthusiastic, critical). Identify the specific word choices that create each tone.
3. Identify the tone conveyed in the following sentence and explain how specific word choices contribute to that tone: "The proposal, while ambitious, was ultimately a quixotic endeavor, doomed from the start by its impracticality and lack of foresight."
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Analyzing tone through word choice | Reading | Khan Academy
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