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Ms. Snider
College Composition 12
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The End of the Affair In-Class Assignment: Tone Analysis
Due Date: Friday, November 30, at the beginning of class
Assignment Requirements: You must listen to two pieces of music and write two five-sentence
paragraphs describing the music’s tone and the mood it creates in you. You must also read and
discuss sections of The End of the Affair and complete the diction/explanation sheet. You must
then write a seven-sentence paragraph summarizing the book’s tone and describing how Bendrix
and Sarah contribute to different aspects of the tone.
Objective: You will learn how to listen for tone and recognize it in musical notes and the written
word. You will also learn how to articulate a literary work’s atmosphere, attitude and the mood it
elicits in the reader. By analyzing tone, you will develop skills you need in order to create tone in
your written work.
Class Discussion and Listening Assignment:
1. What is tone? Define and discuss the meaning of tone.
a. The overall quality of a musical or vocal sound: the piano tone lacks warmth
b. A modulation of the voice expressing a particular feeling or mood: a firm tone of
voice
c. A manner of expression in writing: there was a general tone of ill-concealed glee
in the reporter’s article
d. The general character of a group of people or a place or event: the bad news will
dampen the party’s festive tone
e. A musical sound, especially of a definite pitch and character
f. A particular pitch pattern on a syllable used to make semantic distinctions
g. The intonation on a word or phrase used to add functional meaning
h. The particular quality of brightness, deepness, or the hue of a tint or shade of a
color
i. The general effect of color or light and shade in a picture
j. A literary work’s atmosphere or mood, or the attitude the author puts in the work,
such as sarcasm and absurdity. The tone often makes the reader feel a certain
way; it elicits emotions from the reader and sometimes makes him think about
particular questions.
2. After defining tone, listen to Antonin Dvorak’s Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 72.
a. Pay attention to the music’s sound, overall quality, modulations, pitches, patterns,
and the way it makes you feel when you hear it.
b. Write down the first things that come to mind when you think about your
emotions, etc. You should freewrite whatever you think of; don’t worry about
writing in complete sentences. Then, go back and write down the first things that
you think of when you consider the music’s sound, modulations, pitch, etc.
c. Put all of your thoughts into complete sentences, and explain how and why
particular sounds make you feel a certain way.
d. You must write a coherent, five-sentence paragraph.
3. After listening to the Slavonic Dance, listen to Dvorak’s Songs My Mother Taught Me
from Gypsy Melodie, Op. 55.
a. Complete steps 2.a – 2.d. for Songs My Mother Taught Me.
Group Assignment: Working in groups of four, you need to read and discuss sections of the The
End of the Affair, including Bendrix’s narration in Books I and II and Sarah’s journal entries in
Book III. As a group, you must agree on an adverb/adjective combination that describes the
book’s overall tone. You must then fill in the diction/explanation sheet, providing quotes and
phrases that create the tone and an explanation of how and why those words help set the tone.
Each group member can write the same answer, but you must each complete your own sheet.
1. Review and discuss Books I, II, and III
2. Discuss the tone in each book, and make sure you note any shifts in tone that occur
between books.
3. Compare and contrast the differences in tone between Sarah’s entries and Bendrix’s
writing.
4. You should also consider the epigraph’s tone.
5. After discussing the tone in each book and chapter, reach a consensus about the overall
tone of the book, thus far.
6. Fill in the blanks on the diction/explanation sheet. Your group must write an
adverb/adjective combination describing the tone before filling in the diction/explanation
columns.
7. Each student must write a seven-sentence paragraph summarizing the book’s tone and
describing how Bendrix’s and Sarah’s words contribute to the tone. The paragraph must
be in each student’s own words. Each group member cannot write the same paragraph,
although each paragraph should contain similar ideas.
At-Home Assignment: If you do not finish the final paragraph about the book’s tone while you
are in class, you must complete it at home. The music paragraphs and diction sheet must be
completed in class. Your completed work is due in its entirety (three paragraphs, one
diction/explanation sheet) at the beginning of class on Friday. Staple all of your work to the
assignment guidelines sheet.
Ms. Snider
College Composition 12
Tone Analysis
The End of the Affair
By Graham Greene
Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair has a/an:
_____________________________ ______________________________ tone.
Diction: quote individual words and phrases
that create the above tone
Explanation: Explain how and why the words
help create the above tone