Janice is writing about a description of a house. Choose the sentence that includes precise and clear word choices.The tin roof
shone in the sun, and the front lawn was green and inviting.It was a square house with a yard in front.I went to the house on a Tuesday morning.The house looked like all the other houses on the street.
The sentence that includes precise and clear word choices is the first one: The tin roof shone in the sun, and the front lawn was green and inviting. You can see here that the description is quite vivid and complete, so that we can even imagine what the house and the lawn look like - Janice used descriptive words such as tin, front, green, and inviting to portray the entire picture.
Tone when writingis the use of <u>specific words</u> that influence the readers and affects the theme of the message.
Please note that your question is incomplete as you did not mention the NPR article and without this, it is impossible to give you the answer. Therefore, I would give you a general overview that should help you.
There are two major types of tone which are negative and positive tone.
Positive tone has to do with the words that are used by an author to show positivity or evoke good feelings. Negative tone on the other hand, is the opposite of positive tone which shows negative feelings.
Some examples of words that evoke positive tone: Happy, Approving, Appreciative, Calm, etc. Some examples of words that evoke negative tone include: Angry, Fearful, Uncertain, etc.
