TONE
Author's attitude
Can be
formal, casual,
serious, light hearted, entertaining, scary
Links
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/in-writing-tone-is-the-author%E2%80%99s-attitude/
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/understanding-voice-and-tone-in-writing.aspx
http://www.ttms.org/writing_quality/voice.htm
http://www.buzzin.net/english/tone.htm
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/652/01/
http://blog.case.edu/webdev/2007/10/11/tone.html
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/Section/What-is-tone-exactly-and-how-do-you-find-it-in-stories-.id-305408,articleId-8021.html
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/tone.htm
http://www.ehow.com/how_2103674_use-tone-writing.html
http://www.umuc.edu/ewc/onlineguide/chapter3/chapter3-21.shtml
http://depts.washington.edu/engl/askbetty/tone.php
http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/WritingGuide/011tone.htm
http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/improve-your-writing-with-a-conversation-tone/
http://www.squidoo.com/settone
http://www.oneofus.co.uk/index.php/writing_tips/tone_and_style
http://www.explorewriting.co.uk/UseOfAppropriateTone.html