This handout is intended to help students find the most effective word for describing the tone of a model text. It includes a digital link so it can be added to a student's digital notebook, bookmarked, or printed out and pasted into their spiral notebooks. Whatever makes it easy to access and use as a reference when close reading and analyzing text in class. Understanding the tone of a fiction or non-fiction work helps increase overall reading comprehension.For more help with analyzing tone, ch