Match the term to the correct definition.

1. inflection

2. rhetoric

3. tone

4. vernacular

1.) effective or persuasive language

2.) a change in pitch of one's voice

3.) common or everyday language

4.) attitude toward subject or audience

(1-2)

(2-1)

(3-4)

(4-3)

1-2)

2-1)

3-4)

4-3)

Extra information:

There is also something which is called a rhetorical question, which is a question (usually in a piece of writing) to which an answer is not expected (it is just used to make the reader or listener think.

Besides tone, there is another word that can be used to describe a piece of writing: mood. Mood is the attitude or emotion that the reader experiences whilst reading or listening, whereas tone is the attitude or emotion expressed by the text/author.