Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Authors set a tone in literature by conveying an emotion or emotions through words. The way a person feels about an idea, event, or another person can be quickly determined through facial expressions, gestures and in the tone of voice used. In literature an author sets the tone through words. The possible tones are as unboundless as the number of possilbe emotions a human being can have. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.