The tone in The Chrysanthemums, by John Steinbeck gave me a sense of envy toward men. ... That right there changes her whole tone from being happy with everything that she has and is. ... When the two of them drive into town, she asked about the fights that her husband wanted to see. ... I think the author has set the tone of this story very well. ... This way of thinking is strongly engraved in the minds of our society, but slowly the views are starting to shift where women can become the providers and men become the stay home parents and tenders of the home. ...

• Word Count: 601
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The tone of any specific place is affected by the surroundings and also by the people present. ... (Pg. 5)" The grass growing on the sidewalks shows that Maycomb is kind of an wild/untamed town. ... Putting this together, you can determine that this a very old fashioned town, giving you a very mild calming tone. The second example is in which Scout describes the Radley Place: "The Radley Place jutted into a sharp curve beyond our house. ... This gives the house a haunted spooky tone. ...

• Word Count: 533
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

I came from a small town in Florida where my family was, and where I desperately wanted to be right now. ... The tone of his voice had a lot of uncertainty in it. ... After I gathered my self together, picked up my camera and began to take pictures of the planes soaring over our heads. ... I was impatiently waiting for Frank to come running back to me, so we could go develop our pictures of horror. ...

• Word Count: 773
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

A Last Wish On a warm spring day on Sept. 23 1978 in the little town of Beaufort, Carolina, when the wind smells of pine and the flowers bloom, Matthew remembers his senior year at Regan High and Jennifer, the girl who changed his life. ... Franks Hospital for kids or at gas station that her dad had own it was down town. ... That night me and couple of my friends were going to a party and on our way back this couple of school boys started to bang us from the back so I told them I wanted to race to prove that I drove faster and better at the wheel, so we began to race. ... I had no ch...

• Word Count: 2839
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One day while visiting a near-by town, Nick saw her strolling down the street. ... He looked her dead in the eyes and said in a deep and romantic tone, "Are you ready to marry me yet?... Every time you had a day off though it was our time together. ... You both will always remain in our lives. You have given us so much knowledge that we will use to raise our children. ...

• Word Count: 1602
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School