Tone

Defintion: the way something is expressed. It is the speaker's emotions in words. Happy, sad, powerful, etc.

Example: "Shut the door now!" the tone in this dialogue is angry, mad, etc.

Significance: It is important to understand how you are suppose to read the poem or story. If the tone of the story/poem is sad, and the reader is reading it in a happy tone, it sets off the setting by a lot and the story/poem would not make sense. In Language Arts, it also allows students, readers, to know how you should read it.