Tone is the way the author conveys their emotion to a reader, the varied use of verbs and adjectives presents an emotion. This emotion allows the reader to understand the concept or story in more depth than ever possible. Tone can be shown by the use of puncutation, verbs, adjectives, and colorful language. Now whenever you read something pay attention to the different use of words and try to notice the message and the emotion that the author is trying to convey to you, this will enlarge your knowledge of the writing and allow you to understand the story in greater depth.