As the waves crashed on the beach.
<span>Both parents died in 1811, and Poe became an orphan before he was 3 years old.</span>
Tone in fiction is the attitude of the narrator or viewpoint character toward story events and other characters. In a story with first-person POV, tone can also be the narrator’s attitude toward the reader.
In non-fiction, tone is the writer’s attitude toward subject matter and reader. So the writer might come across as a know-it-all or a blowhard or as humble or solicitous.
A metaphor compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'. Example: Happiness is a warm puppy. Happiness (an abstract concept) is being compared to a puppy (a physical object).
