In my ASVAB prep course working as one of the nation’s ASVAB tutors, one topic I mention in discussion Paragraph Comprehension is author’s tone. In addition to providing ASVAB math help, I make sure my students have an understanding of the different types of questions that could appear in the Paragraph Comprehension section. Author’s tone is one of the types. Author’s tone captures the tone or attitude of the author in writing his piece. The tone captures the author’s feelings about the topic at hand. His tone could be objective where it is a factual piece and no opinions are included. In a scientific piece about the life of a lion, what do you think the author’s tone would be? The answer and explanation will be presented tomorrow.
