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Three Takeaways:

1. Tone refers to the author's attitude and is often described by adjectives.

2. The author's bias is an opinion that could affect the author's writing.

3. In order to determine the tone of a certain passage, you must read the passage carefully.

Two Insights:

1. The author's bias is based on his/her opinion on a certain topic. And us readers must respect his/her opinion since we all have different points of view to a certain topic.

2. The writer should be careful of the words he/she will be writing for it could be misunderstood.

1 Question:

Will I be able to apply this in my CET?

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3 takeaways:
1. In reading essays and texts, we should consider the author’s tone and mood to understand more what the author is trying to say and imply in his work.
2. An author may or may not have the same specific point of view as yours, so one should read the author’s text in a clear mind to understand the stand of the author and his bias.
3. Having a specific tone and mood for your text will help you bring your message effectively to your audience, even if some of your points were not explicitly stated.

2 insights:
1. We must properly think about the topic of our text to be able to apply the specific tone that is accurate for our text and effective for the acquiring of information of our readers.
2. Each one of us has different opinions on certain things, which is important to consider in writing a text and in stating your bias explicitly or implicitly.

1 question:
How should we write our essay with a specific tone for the readers to effectively get the meaning and the message of the text?

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Three Takeaways:
1.) Properly reading and analyzing the author's tone in the text can give you a better understanding of the intent or message.
2.) The author's bias can influence the content of the text, whether deliberately or not.
3.) The combination of these two aspects can tell the reader a lot about the author's opinion or viewpoint about certain matters.

Two Insights:
1.) It can be difficult for authors to separate their personal views or unconscious biases in their work, even when the text is meant to be objective. Considering this, we should try to be aware of how our words come across.
2.) Mastering reading comprehension skills such as discerning the author's tone, bias, and mood can give us a better reading experience and fuller knowledge of the text.

1 Question:
1.) How can we effectively make use of tone and mood to improve the quality of our writing?

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3 Takeaways
-It's essential to recognize the Tone and find the Bias (if there were to be any) present within the text.
-The author has to convey their ideas towards readers utilizing Descriptive Language, Details, and the proper word choice.
-Understanding the tone and bias allows the reader to get into the mind of the author. Allowing them to see the author's ideas and thoughts, along with their stand on topics.

2 Insights
-We can utilize this lesson in the future with tasks involving writing like a Position Paper.
-It's important to avoid confusion while writing.

1 Question
-Will this be part of any assessments in the future?

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Three Takeaways
1. Tone is the attitude of a writer towards a subject.
2. The tone of the author can give more context beyond the words used.
3. The tone of the author can affect how the reader will perceive the message.

Two Insights
1. It is important to use the appropriate tone for each topic to convey the message of the text properly.
2. The author's word choices can affect the tone of the text.

One Question
1. How does sentence structure affect tone?

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3 Takeaways
-The tone of the author makes the readers understand how the author feels about the topic.
-Knowing the perspective of the author; It is important to know if there's bias in the text.
-Lastly, making your own thoughts on the topic.
2 Insights
-Have a clear idea of what we want to say
-Use words that suits how we feel about the topic
1 Question
-How to support a side without sounding biased

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Three takeaways:
- The author's tone while writing the passage can affect how the readers perceive the message.
- The author's bias shows us readers their perspective or opinion of the situation.
- Both tone and bias are needed to understand where the author is coming from and to understand their intentions clearly.
Two insights
- The tone is the author's attitude or feelings towards the subject
- The bias of the author is their opinion or perspective of the subject.
One question
- How can we apply this to our essays?

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Three takeaways:
- Tone is very important in writing because this helps readers to know what feeling you are trying to express.
- Tone also helps the readers see what the author is trying to show or prove.
- These knowledge about tones and bias will help me understand and analyze a certain paper.

Two Insights:
- Without tone in your paper, readers will have a hard time understanding your point of view.
- The tone and bias should be clear so that readers can understand your paper.

One Question:
- Can these lessons be applied in the future?

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3 Takeaways
1. It is important to know the mood of the author in relation to the paper that you are analyzing.
2. You also need to be able to tell if the authors perspective on a topic
3. These topics will help me analyze a paper in a much deeper way

2 Insights
1.  We should be aware of the tone to understand the paper more
2. Be aware of your tone as well when writing an essay

1 Question
-How can we apply these lessons in making a proper and well organized paper?

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Takeaways:
1. Tone and bias are aspects of writing that can affect the reading experience of others
2. Identifying biased works, either of others or your own, is important so you can formulate or convey your opinion effectively
3. These are things that should be considered when writing or reading papers
Insights:
1. Taking note of these things can improve the quality of work we put out or decide to consume
2. We should be careful when using these as it can significantly affect how we convey our message.
Question:
1. How can we know we are using these properly?

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Three Takeaways

- The tone of an author changes how their message is perceived and sets the mood for their entire piece

- An author’s point of view is expressed through their work

- An author’s bias is their prejudice against or preference for a certain topic

Two Insights

- The prejudice of an author can affect the way that they write about a topic. It is important for us to inform ourselves through many sources so we can be well-rounded in our understanding of a topic.

- Word choice and tone can be utilized to present ideas more objectively. As writers, it is our responsibility not to misrepresent objective facts and data and allow readers to come to their own conclusions.

One Question

- How do we spot biased writing in other people’s writing and how to prevent in our own?

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Three takeaways
1. The Author's tone shows the author's personal feelings about the topic that he/she is writing about.
2. The Author's bias is like the author's opinion on the topic or his/her stand on the topic.
3. They are both used in order to understand what the author believes in when he is writing the paper and his personal view of the topic.
Two insights
1. The words that I use should clearly show my personal view of the topic.
2. It is important that the reader has a clear perspective on the view of the author on the topic.
One question
1. How to state the tone and bias clearly while trying to make the essay as informative as possible?

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3 Takeaways
I. It is vital to identify where the writer is coming from in regards to the paper being analyzed, as there is both an insider and outsider perspective.
II. Being able to discern whether a writer is being objective and truthful is something to take into consideration when reading texts.
III. When reading a text, also take yourself and your stance on the topic into consideration.

2 Insights
I.Being able to identify where the author of a text is coming from is very important in terms of being able to analyze and interpret the tone of a passage.
II.Same thing goes with your personal opinion on a matter, how you view the topic, whether there is extra baggage that comes along with it, is a big factor when analyzing text.

1 Question
-Ms. are you going to post the powerpoint?

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Three takeaways:
- I learned that it is important for us to understand that the author has a certain mood and we need to analyze this.
- It is also important to know that tone and bias can help us readers feel the paper the same way the writer feels.
- We can easily identify the tone and bias by looking at factors like statements with one-sided arguments or points that show opinion towards something.

Two insights:
- The tone of a text can be easily identified or easily affected by the words that an author uses.
- We can apply our knowledge when we want to put emphasis into something when we write papers.

One unanswered question:
- Can this lesson be applied with other lessons for real life situations?

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3 Takeaways
- the Author’s Tone reflects on the Author’s attitude
- It is important to find out about the bias to the story and we must be able to understand it
- The Author’s tone affects how we can perceive the text or passage we are reading

2 Insights
- we should always be aware of the tone because it can have an effect to how the reader views our text or passage.
- we can use our knowledge of what we learned to improve our tone when we are writing a text.

1 unanswered question
- what other techniques can we learn about to improve our writing skills?

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3 TAKEAWAYS:
1. I understand more about the tone of the author
2. It is important to find out if the author has a bias to the story and we must understand it.
3.Both the tone and the bias are very important to understand because it can affect the overall message of the author.

2 INSIGHTS
- It is important to differentiate the bias and tone so that we can further understand it all.
- When writing, I feel that it is important to make your tone and bias clear to your readers to avoid confusion

1 QUESTION:
How do you write your tone and bias clearly where our readers wont have any confusion as to which one is which?

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My first takeaway is that the author’s tone can be discerned from how their text was written. How we feel can also relate too the author’s tone. Lastly, an author’s bias can be identified by one-sided arguments or statements that clearly show a strong opinion about something.

One insight is that word choice can really affect the tone of a text. Depending on the descriptive language used, it will set the tone for the reader. Another is that text can be used for presenting our opinions.

How do you properly use descriptive language to set the tone?

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Three Takeaways

1. When a writer is more inclined to a certain notion or perspective, most especially one that can be seen in his/her work, then this may be identified as the tone or bias.

2. Bias is a preference, typically one that has resulted from a certain prejudice over a subject matter or favoritism toward a given notion.

3. Tone is a writer's attitude when it comes to the topic or matter that he or she is writing about. This tone may differ from writer to writer, depending on how he or she feels.

Two Insights

1. From the topic discussed today, I came to the understanding that while a bias and preference is a commendable aspect in forming an identity as a writer, it must not disrupt or affect a writer's objective point of view. To become an efficient and effective writer to an audience, one must learn to put aside one's biases, if it is detrimental to avoiding subjectivity.

2. I gained an insight on comprehending that not all works written by distinguished authors must be believed thoroughly. This is considering the author may still be swayed by personal biases, despite being an esteemed writer.

One Question

Are personal biases helpful or detrimental to the progression and improvement of a writer?

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(|) An insight that i can give about this lesson is that. Make sure you are open minded on the topic given and not read it in just 1 point of view but consider opening ur mind to many.(||) Another insight is that we should know/ we should analyze what we put in the text due to the fact that this will help develop the mood of the paper.

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How can we avoid the smallest mistakes and make an essay sound perfect

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Three Takeaways:
1. Tone and Bias affects the message the author wants to share.
2. It conveys a particular message from the writer and likewise affects the reader.
3. The author's point of view is shown/expressed through its work.

Two Insights:
1. An individual must read the text carefully to identify the tone and bias of a particular passage.
2. A person must be wise and responsible for their use of words, for it affects the message of their work.

One Question:
1. Are all authors true to their tone and mood when writing?

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Three Takeaways:
1. It is important to stand by the points and opinions that you have written in your position paper.
2. The author makes use of the tone in order to add a better impact to the text.
3. The author's attitude towards the topic is expressed through his style of writing which leaves a unique atmosphere to the reader.

Two Insights:
- Proper grammatical structure and choice of words have a significant impact in conveying your opinions.
- You should make clear and concise statements in your position paper to convey the message properly.

One Question:
- How would you best maximize the use of mood and tone in academic writing?

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Three Takeaways:
1. The mood of the author's tone helps set the environment and feeling it would like to perceive to the audience reading the text.
2. Each author has his own bias to show whom or which side does it favor more and to make readers understand his own standpoint.
3. Additionally, understanding this lesson will help us in our future projects just like writing our essays and position paper. Thus, it will make us aware on the different factors that has to be included/consider whenever we will be starting to write.

Two Insights:
- Being able to clarify your own bias and tone will help the reader understand what message you are trying to project.
- The author should set the correct tone presented since the audience might misinterpret the meaning of the text projected by the author.

One Question
- What are some common tone's used by an author to persuade or to convince the readers about his standpoint?

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Three Takaways:
- The words indicate what is the tone of the author
- It is important to know where the author stands with a subject
- The author's word choice gives the impression of what his tone may be or if it is biased
Two Insights:
- When writing a position paper, the author must keep in mind not only his only thoughts about the subject but the readers as well. This is to have middle ground but at the same time have a stand towards the subject
- The choice of words is important for it shows the readers how the author is towards the subject
One Question:
- Is there a "best" author's tone when it comes to writing a position paper?

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Three Takeaways:
- Author's tone is how the author feels about the topic
- Author's bias is where the author stands in a topic
- They can both be used to understand the opinion of an author.

Two Insights
- I need to pay attention to my word choice as to not be biased on a topic
- I need to keep a neutral tone and bias to avoid negative reactions from the audience.

One Question:
What are more examples of words that can be used to identify the author's tone and bias.

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3 Takeaways
-understand the tone of the text
- being able to understand if the author is bias
- there are different ways to understand author's bias and tone

Insight

- be aware of the tone of the author because he/she can tell their attitude

- author's bias can affect certain readers

1 question

will you post the presentation ms?

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3 Takeaways
- Author's bias is their prejudice against a certain topic.
- Author's tone is their attitude towards a topic.
- The author's tone also affects how to readers will react to the text.

2 Insights
- Be aware of the tone you write your text in so the readers will not have a negative reaction.
- The author's bias can also affect how certain readers will react to the text depending on the reader's beliefs.

1 Question
- How do you prevent your bias from interfering when you write an unbiased paper?

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3 Takeaways:
1. The Author's Tone indicates a writer's attitude
2. The Author's Tone and Bias affects how you perceive a certain text/message.
3. Poor word choices will result to a wrong understanding of a text

2 Insights:
1. I learned that the tone has a huge effect on a certain text; apply the tone properly so that the readers will understand it correctly.
2. I learned that writers should take into account the readers; think of ideas that your readers may find intriguing.

1 Question:
1. How do you apply the word choices properly and efficiently?

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Three takeaways:
1. Author's tone is about how the author feels about the topic.
2. The author's tone can also be described as their attitude
3. The author's bias is the author's opinion on the topic.

Two insights:
1. I learned about the importance of keeping it cool when writing an academic paper to ensure formality.
2. I learned the difference of using these two concepts.

One question:
1. How do you make you don't sound biased in your position paper?

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Three Takeaways:
- The tone of the author has a factor on how the reader receives our understand the message he/she wants to give.
- The tone indicates the writer's attitude.
-  The bias stands for the favorite chosen topic of the author. It is basically when an author is unfair or inaccurate in his or her presentation of something or when he/she favors one side of something.

Two Insights:
- We should be careful with the tone and choice of words we use and it can affect how interesting our message is and we should not have bias in constructing messages.
- It is very important to be observant with the terms you use since we need to attract or get the attention of the reader for them to properly understand your message.

One Question:
- What are the techiniques we could use to improve in writing a message?

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My three takeaways are:
I learned more about understanding the tone of the author, as well as how they want us to take their message and texts. I also learned more about what we should avoid in writing our texts based on what we should look for in the mistakes of other authors or writers.

My two insights are:
In writing text, it is important to watch for how our tone might sound like for our reader because it will affect how they take it, but we should also make our arguments as balanced as possible so that it will not be a one-sided argument or point.

My question is:
How can we avoid mistakes in our tone when writing as much as possible?

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3 takeaways
- The Author's Tone, if analyzed, can give a new meaning to the words he used.
- The author's bias is something like a specific point of view of the author
- It is essential for the reader to identify these so he can understand the author's reason for writing about it.
2 insight
- It is important that we as writers of a position paper to know about this because we will need to attract our readers to our writing.
- It is also important to watch out for the word choices that we use to set the tone of the paper properly.
1 question
How do we, as writers, show our tone and bias in the paper so that the readers will be able to understand the meaning of the text easier?

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3 Takeaways :
1. It is essential to identify tone and bias (if there is) in a paragraph.
2. There are different ways of identifying the authors tone and authors bias.
3. The tone and bias will help you understand the authors perspective.

2 insights
1. Authors tone is the authors attitude toward the topic.
2. Authors bias is an opinion an author holds and values more than some other opinions.

1 question
1. How can I use this in my CET?

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Three Takeaways:
- An author's tone affects how he/she conveys a particular message in a position paper.
- In addition, the tone in which the author writes will influence how the reader reacts, receives, and responds to the information being presented.
- In a position paper, it is important that one presents his or her opinion and takes a stand on a certain argument, however he or she should also not be biased in considering factual evidence and supporting details.

Two Insights:
- When writing a position paper, it is important to hold a consistent and open-minded tone all throughout the paper, in order to effectively persuade the audience and present the information properly.
- Furthermore, though one must be biased to a certain position on specific issues, it is still important to consider opposing arguments and use them to strengthen one's own evidences.

One Question:
- What tone should be taken when identifying the weaknesses of a counterargument so as not to offend those with opposing beliefs?

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Three Takeaways
1. an author's tone is their attitude towards the subject.
2. an author's bias is their prejudice against a topic.
3. there are 3 topics involved in author's tone (details, word choice, and descriptive language).
Two Insights:
1. it is important to tell apart the two because people often get them mixed up.
2. identifying/analyzing the author's bias is important.
One Question:
1. How use the Author's Bias in a paper without offending other people?