Tone

Tone is very important when communicating online. How will your tone, or writing style, change based on the different types of people you will be communicating with online? Consider family/friends, classmates, and instructors in your response



My tone differs when communicating with my family/friends, classmates, and instructors in many ways. With family/friends, my tone is more relaxed and I am not as concerned about grammar and spelling. I can get my point across fairly well using slang terminology and internet speak. When corresponding with classmates; my tone is a little more cautious and formal, I am not familiar with them yet I am still on the same peer level with them. I am more concerned about spelling; but perhaps, not so much with grammar and sentence structure. As for my instructors, my tone is very formal and professional. I write concisely and pay close attention to grammar, sentence structure, and spelling. My vocabulary is also more varied and I tend to utilize all my prior learning more effectively to communicate clearly. I proofread and will often look up things to be certain that I using my words correctly as to avoid having any misinterpretation.





I would like to add another observation. I think when writing to instructors or anyone where formality and caution should be used in tone and writing style. It is best to keep the font and color neutral. In school and at work it has always been when writing in pen use blue or black ink. Black ink being preferable. There are two standard fonts in writing e-mails and letters as well. Times Roman, and Arial. These fonts and using the basic black font color are like calling the average person 'John Smith'. When writing for class or work you should let your words be the star not the font or font color. Bold and Italic features should be used sparingly and only to signify importance or something that you want particular attention paid to. I am curious to know what the class' thoughts are on this as well.