What is the tone of this passage? Gloria was looking forward to school starting in the fall. Most of her friends want the summer
to go on forever, but she liked starting new classes and meeting new people. Sure, she would miss the freedom, and she may not like all her classes, but all in all she was happy to be going back
The tone can be understood as optimistic. An optimistic tone is one that looks at the positive aspects of things. It focuses on the things that are good and make us happy as opposed to those that make us unhappy. In this passage, Gloria has an optimistic attitude, because she is thinking of the things that she enjoys at school, and letting those influence her mood, as opposed to the negative ones.
