Consider: Microphone feedback kept blaring out the speaker’s words, but I got the outline. Withdrawal of our troops from Vietnam. Recognition of Cuba. Immediate commutation of student loans. Until all these demands were met, the speaker said he considered himself in a state of unconditional war with the United States government. I laughed out loud. Tobias Wolff, — “Civilian” Discuss: What is the attitude of the narrator toward the political speaker in this passage? How do you know? How does the use of a short, direct sentence at the end of the passage (I contribute to the tone? laughed out loud) Apply: Substitute a new sentence for Your new I laughed out loud. sentence should express support for the political speaker. Read the passage with your new sentence to a partner and explain how – – your sentence changes the tone of the passage. 94 / Lesson 4: Tone Tone Consider: What a thrill My thumb instead of an onion. The top quite – gone Except for a sort of a hinge Of skin, A flap like a hat, dead white. Then a red plush.
Consider: Microphone feedback kept blaring out the speaker’s words, but I got the outline. Withdrawal of our troops from Vietnam. Recognition of Cuba. Immediate commutation of student loans. Until all these demands were met, the speaker said he considered himself in a state of unconditional war with the United States government. I laughed out loud. — Tobias Wolff, “Civilian” Discuss: What is the attitude of the narrator toward the political speaker in this passage? How do you know? How does the use of a short, direct sentence at the end of the passage (I laughed out loud) contribute to the tone? Apply: Substitute a new sentence for I laughed out loud. Your new sentence should express support for the political speaker. Read the passage – with your new sentence – to a partner and explain how your sentence changes the tone of the passage. 94 / Lesson 4: Tone Tone Consider: What a thrill – My thumb instead of an onion. The top quite gone Except for a sort of a hinge Of skin, A flap like a hat, dead white. Then a red plush.