author's tone through close and careful study of the various elements within the work, including plot,character,setting,point of view,and style.No matter how hard an author tries to mask his or her attitudes and feelings,and to hide his or her presence within the work,perhaps by taking refuge somewhere behind the narrative voice that tells the story,the author's tone can be inferred by the choices he or she makes in the process of ordering and presenting the material;by what is included and emphasized and what,by contrast,is omitted.The literary critic learns to look at such choices carefully---at the characters,incidents,setting,and details depicted;at the issues and problems that are raised and explored;at the style the author has employed;at every decision,in short,that the author has made---to infer from them the underlying attitudes and tone that color and control the work as a whole.author’s tone through close and careful study of the various elements within the work, including plot, character, setting, point of view, and style. No matter how hard an author tries to mask his or her attitudes and feelings, and to hide his or her presence within the work, perhaps by taking refuge somewhere behind the narrative voice that tells the story, the author’s tone can be inferred by the choices he or she makes in the process of ordering and presenting the material; by what is included and emphasized and what, by contrast, is omitted. The literary critic learns to look at such choices carefully---at the characters, incidents, setting, and details depicted; at the issues and problems that are raised and explored; at the style the author has employed; at every decision, in short, that the author has made---to infer from them the underlying attitudes and tone that color and control the work as a whole