Identifying Tone in Literature

the writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject is the tone

The central idea that gives the work meaning is the topic

the time and place where the actions take place is the setting

a sonnet is a fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter

the opposing character in the story is the protagonist

in objective point of view, the author comments about the characters

the repetition of consonant sounds within a word is consonance

verbal irony is saying the opposite of what is meant

an expression used to bring something to mind is an allusion

the repetition of vowel sounds within a word is assonance