Explanation: The tone of a text or sentence is the author's or speaker's attitude towards the audience, the subject or even the characters of the text. There are many different kinds of tones, like: positive, negative, objective, sad, angry, etc. In the given excerpt from "The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles" we can see that the speaker uses a respectful tone when talking about Elizabeth Van Lew.
