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	OWL at Purdue University : Tone in Business Writing
		A business writer should consider the tone of their message, whether they are writing a memo, letter, report, or any type of business document.
		Ultimately, the tone of a message is a reflection of the writer and it does affect how the reader will perceive the message.
		Use active voice to emphasize the person or thing performing an action and passive voice to emphasize the action that is being performed.
	owl.english.purdue.edu /handouts/pw/p_tone.html (2190 words)

	LILT:Tone of voice
		The typical phrase ‘Don’t speak to me with that tone of voice’ indicates that the speaker used an intonation pattern which the listener found inappropriate.
		Tone of voice as a lay term describing prosodic aspects of speech does not just refer to changes in pitch.
		It also encompasses changes in loudness, in quality of voicing (vocal cord vibration), which can be vary from smooth to harsh, and in speed of delivery.
	www.arts.gla.ac.uk /SESLL/EngLang/LILT/tonevoice.htm (84 words)

	Henry Reed in Notes on Contemporary Literature
		They agree that the voices of a drill instructor and a sensitive recruit are fairly indistinguishable in "Naming of Parts" and "Unarmed Combat," the first and third poems of the sequence.
		But the tone is in no way sardonic or sarcastic, as it was earlier and as it again becomes in the concluding stanzas.
		The instructor's tone was one of calm correction; the sensitive recruit's, in rephrasing the words, is one of sad recognition.
	www.solearabiantree.net /namingofparts/nocoli.html (763 words)

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		Indicators/Outcomes By the end of this lesson, students will: Recognize different tones of voice Change their tone of voice to infer different meanings Identify ways in which a person’s tone of voice can be peaceful or violent Make a pledge to help create a more peaceful tone of voice in the classroom.
		Tone of Voice Theater (30 minutes) Goal: Students will practice using and identifying different tones of voice Tell students that now you are going to work on a different communication skill, tone of voice.
		Explain to students that tone of voice is: The feeling other people can hear in your voice when you say something; the same words can convey different meanings when using different tones of voice; a form of communication Provide students with a few examples demonstrating different tones of voice.
	www.usc.edu /dept/LAS/jep/resources/peacegames/regular/2NDGRADE/FINALLES/2NDGRA~4.DOC (1432 words)

	Tone cluster -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		For example a typical tone cluster could be the tones C, C#, D, D#, E, F, held at the same time.
		Variants of this include the chord comprising of tones separated (Click link for more info and facts about diatonic) diatonically, or (Click link for more info and facts about pentatonic) pentatonically (on a piano, holding only the fl notes).
		Tone clusters may also be considered (Click link for more info and facts about secundal) secundal chords.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/to/tone_cluster.htm (107 words)

	Working on the Voice
		Voice Tone As an actor, you use your tone of voice to mirror the emotional state and physical well-being of a character, but don't forget you use your voice every day!
		Find a key word which represents the tone of voice you wish to create and say it 3 times slowly, with as much feeling as you can muster.
		Adopt a body position consistent with the tone of voice you want to convey.The body position for a warm and friendly voice is relaxed.
	www.theatre.keep-left.org /tips9.html (556 words)

	Unit 3 - Poetry - Tone - Comments - E page
		One may be sensitive to tone without being able to define precisely what one is noticing that tells one the poem is angry or bitter or stoic or awe struck.
		In life, the interpretation of tone is supported by other cues or clues, a raised eyebrow or the tilt of one's head.
		That is why assessment of tone is such an art itself; one is noticing the "how" of the poem in addition to its content or "what" of the poem.
	www.cod.edu /people/faculty/gravesv/eng130ol/web/pages/unit3/lstone/dcommf.htm (316 words)

	voice ring tone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A voice ring tone is the sound made by a telephone to indicate an incoming call.
		voice ring tones are one sector of the mobile music industry.
		Many cell phone manufacturers are including voice voice ring tones on most of their newly released phones, including Motorola, Nokia and Sony Ericsson.
	polyphonic.no.sapo.pt /voice-ring-tone.html (522 words)

	Forum on Communications Law - American Bar Association
		An alternative, and equally viable, view of the impact of tone of voice is that, even if it could be deemed defamatory, it constitutes a protected expression of opinion and therefore is not actionable.
		Although not based on the reporter's tone, an action based on a televised consumer report about appliance repair companies provides a framework for the courts' analyses of whether commentary contained in televised news reports, including "commentary" consisting solely of tone of voice, is protected opinion.
		Thus, tone of voice can be deemed to constitute an expression of opinion that is not actionable so long as the underlying facts are fully and accurately disclosed.
	www.abanet.org /forums/communication/comlawyer/winter99/vanhorn.html (2146 words)

	Changing The Tone Of Your Voice - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Changing the tone of your voice may mean that a character is happy or sad.
		Frost wrote poetry in a speaking voice and the tone(s) are...
		to be incapable of changing the tone of her voice even when the mood of the script demands...
	tone.fmqg.com /index.php?k=changing-the-tone-of-your-voice (1131 words)

	Tone
		Tone is the manner in which a poet makes his statement; it reflects his attitude toward his subject.
		Tone is the central idea of Frost's "sound of sense." To him, it meant voice tones.
		Frost wrote poetry in a speaking voice and the tone(s) are essential to the drama.
	www.frostfriends.org /tone.html (998 words)

	Tone of Voice: Darcy Pattison
		Were she to go into a deep depression and become mute, or were she to become cynical and bitter as a result of these events, the tone would no longer be consistent and the story would fall apart.
		This is because the author was very conscious of the kind of story she was writing—a mystery—and the tone of mystery and adventure and danger underpins the narrative of both characters.
		First, recognize when that voice and tone is present and working; second, learn to be consistent with the voice and tone.
	members.aol.com /ddpattison/tone.html (2435 words)

	Tone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tone is the speaker or author’s attitude towards the subject, which is revealed by the words he or she chooses.
		Tone is also related to the persona, or the image that writers intend to portray to audiences.
		Tone can range from sarcastic, to humorous, to serious, to questioning, to angry, to persuasive, or to informative.
	cfbstaff.cfbisd.edu /blaggc/tone.htm (237 words)

	Key Skills Trainer - answers
		Which tone of voice is most appropriate to use when interrupting a meeting to ask an important question.
		Which tone of voice is most appropriate to use when interrupting a discussion to add a point.
		Click on the pictures to listen and decide which tone of voice is most appropriate to use when interrupting a formal meeting to add a point.
	www.keyskills4u.com /trainer/tutorguide/answers/answers_comms_004.htm (924 words)

	SAGES Peer Writing Crew: At the Sound of Your Tone . . . Part 1
		It is important to understand the purposes of tone and voice before attempting to control their use.
		The difference is that voice reflects the nature of the author, while tone reflects the nature of the intended audience.
		And that’s the crux of choosing a tone.
	blog.case.edu /orgs/sages/2006/11/08/at_the_sound_of_your_tone_part_1 (475 words)

	Psychology Today: A Different Tone of Voice
		It seems that most parents, especially mothers, have a special "lullaby voice" that they use in singing to their babies: high in pitch and slow in speed.
		The voice is partly a product of the emotion parents feel for their child -- emotion that provokes involuntary changes in facial expression and body posture, which in turn affect the sound of the song.
		To evoke such a response, the baby must actually be present: "The expressiveness of this voice can't be faked," says Trehub.
	cms.psychologytoday.com /articles/pto-19970901-000021.html (284 words)

	Tone of voice; phone and e-mail rage is boiling over
		Doing that to a mechanical voice on the phone or to an e-mail address is useless because one hurts only one’s own person and objects.
		Then, depending on how civilized, repressed or afraid they are, they produce a variety of tones from reasonableness to pleading to threatening, all of which are only modulations of the primal scream.
		Successful tones of voice, those that get results, that is, also include something seductive, a promise of something good for the boss, a wad of cash, a fling, a free vacation, a post-encounter feeling of smugness (for him, the grantor of mercy).
	www.thevillager.com /villager_136/toneofvoice.html (581 words)

	The Critical Importance of Voice Tone
		It goes without saying that using a negative voice tone with a customer is a major no-no. There aren't many managers that are going to tolerate or excuse an employee that consistently yells, attacks or demonstrates an aggressive or frustrated voice tone with a customer.
		That is not to say that management encourages a neutral voice tone; certainly a positive voice tone is the preferred and desirable choice just like the negative voice tone is the wrong and unacceptable choice.
		When neutral is used as an adjective to describe a color, as in one that is able to blend with many; or as a means to describe one’s position as it relates to refraining from interference in a contest by not taking part in either side, then the word neutral poses no problem.
	www.phonepro.org /CriticalImportanceofVoiceTone.html (954 words)

	Presentation skills:How You Speak It: Tone of Voice
		When my children were small, the tone of my voice when I called their names told them whether I was angry or happy with them.
		The tone of voice shows our concern for the audience and determines in the minds of the audience whether or not we are sincere.
		So as speakers we must be concerned with exhibiting the appropriate tone of voice for our content and have the appropriate tone for the message we want to communicate.
	www.skillsociety.com /presentation-skills-tone-of-voice.html (692 words)

	Tone: The Writer's Voice in the Reader's Mind Writers Write -- The IWJ
		That voice, that tone, must be suited to the material so that reader clearly understands what is said, understands on both the literal and the figurative levels.
		That is not to say, of course, that only the "comic tone" can be employed for comic writing, that the "romantic tone" tone must be used for romance writing, that a horrific tone must be used for horror writing.
		Let's spend a tone moment with the late Charles Beaumont, one of my all time literary heroes and the writer of many classic short short stories that came to typify what is thought of as "Playboy Magazine horror" in the late 1950s and 1960s.
	www.writerswrite.com /journal/sep00/castle2.htm (1427 words)

	Natural Voice for Information Systems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		For the future, it will be necessary to investigate the means of matching the appropriate tone of voice with the language structures involved in the interaction between human and computer as the dialogue unfolds.
		This is extremely important - it is not possible to set tone of voice once and for all at the start of a dialogue - changes occur as the dialogue proceeds.
		Pragmatic phonetics (Morton 1992) is the general theory characterising effects such as tone of voice and is concerned with identifying and modelling those systematic features of the acoustic signal which reflect the mood, intentions and beliefs of the speaker - and which are able to trigger in the listener an appropriate decoding.
	www.essex.ac.uk /speech/pubs/presents/ioa-96/km&mt-po.html (1241 words)

	tone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Usage: Tone of voice reflects psychological arousal, emotion, and mood.
		Research on "tone of voice" emerged in 1951 with the study of paralanguage in pioneering research by George Trager and Henry Lee Smith (Trager 1958).
		Like the Adam's-apple-jump, tone of voice cues (e.g., vocal tension, throat tightness, and the throat-clear) are responsive to emotional stimuli from the limbic system carried by special visceral nerves designed for feeding.
	members.aol.com /nonverbal2/tone.htm (1076 words)

	C# Voice and Tone Alert Generator - The Code Project - Multimedia
		Tones may be defined, but I did not provide an option to save the tones as Wave files; however, there is an example of how to programmatically add the tones defined using the application included within the code.
		You may also obtain a couple of additional voices (the SDK includes Microsoft Mary, Microsoft Mike, and Microsoft Sam) by downloading the Microsoft Reader and additional TTS components found here (not required, but you will gain two additional voices if you do add these to your system).
		The second tone’s frequency and duty cycle are defined next, and lastly, the number of repetitions is set.
	www.codeproject.com /cs/media/CS_ToneGenerator.asp (1899 words)

	Can Tone of Voice Be a Liability?
		In the few other cases that have considered how tone of voice may or may not add a defamatory meaning to an otherwise true statement, the plaintiff has been accused of wrongdoing and been offered an opportunity to tell his or her side of the story.
		And, in each case, the plaintiff has asserted that the reporter used a tone of voice that implied that the plaintiff was lying.
		It appears that tone of voice generally does not constitute the type of affirmative conduct necessary to support a defamation claim, and may fall within the realm of protected opinion.
	www.rtnda.org /members/legalnotes/legalnotes0401.asp (830 words)

	Psychology Today: A Different Tone of Voice
		But the song sounds different when we sing it to an infant, and that change in the voice may help strengthen emotional ties between parent and child.
		It seems that most parents, especially mothers, have a special "lullaby voice" that they use in singing to their babies: high in pitch and slow in speed.
		The voice is partly a product of the emotion parents feel for their child -- emotion that provokes involuntary changes in facial expression and body posture, which in turn affect the sound of the song.
	www.psychologytoday.com /articles/pto-19970901-000021.html (305 words)

	Ring Tone Verizon Voice - VOIP Testing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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	www.voiptesting.info /resources/31/ring-tone-verizon-voice.html (330 words)

	nextel voice tone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		To order any Ring Tone or Logo, first check that your mobile phone is compatible.
		But it was in his demeanor and tone of voice that you...
		to fifth in the points," but it was in his demeanor and tone of voice, that confidant...
	tone.e-cheapest.info /nextel-voice-tone (520 words)

	Steve Boyd Newsletter - Fall 2001
		When my children were small, the tone of my voice when I called their names told them whether I was angry or happy with them.
		The tone of voice shows our concern for the audience and determines in the minds of the audience whether or not we are sincere.
		So as speakers we must be concerned with exhibiting the appropriate tone of voice for our content and have the appropriate tone for the message we want to communicate.
	www.sboyd.com /news/newsletter-2003-01.htm (727 words)

	Postcards From My Mind - Tone of Voice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Put mini thermometer around the room and building depicting which voice is appropriate to use at which time (i.e., play ground is a loud voice).
		After this activity is completed, if the child is using an inappropriate voice, point to the picture of the thermometer depicting the appropriate voice and have him/her try again.
		Make nonsense sounds mimicking the tones of voice (the reason the sounds are nonsense is we don’t want the child to pick up on the context – just isolate the sound).
	www.ddleadership.org /aspergers/courses/postcards/tone_of_voice.html (608 words)

	Tempo Voice Tagger Tone Generator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Voice Tagger uses voice response and tone generator technologies to identify and tag twisted pair, coax, electrical and security/alarm wires.
		The Voice Tagger audibly identify the numbers corresponding to the attached conductors and pairs.
		These voice identifications can be picked up by any inductive amplifier such as Progressive Electronics or handset.
	www.escience.ca /jensen/RENDER/1/61/420/11067.html (87 words)

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