Author's Tone & MoodATI TEAS 7 cheat sheet

Attitude vs atmosphere

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Tone

The author's attitude toward the subject
Read the adjectives and verbs — they carry it
Objective, critical, admiring, sarcastic, urgent

Mood

The feeling created in the reader — tense, hopeful, somber

Neutral Writing

Textbooks and reports are usually objective — no strong tone at all

Test Cue

If the passage is factual with no loaded words, the answer is the neutral option

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Attitude vs atmosphere

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If a passage's tone is described as 'critical,' the author is most likely:

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