Texas V. Johnson Tone Analysis

The tone in Texas v. Johnson and the tone in American Flag Stands for Tolerance are different because of the context they are written in. The tone in Texas v. Johnson is a very formal tone used to convince the public that their ruling is the correct one. Many examples of this are presented across the story. One example of this is “We”, this shows that the decision they made was one of unity and was made together. Another example of this is when the author writes “Decline” in the first line to show neutrality when he could have written a word that is more hateful like “Reject”, this helps the author gain support from the readers to show that they were weighing both argument and that the other side of the argument isn’t wrong for believing what they do. Another example is the choice of the word “Therefore” in the first line to build on the formal tone. A forth example is the word “Joust” in the second sentence that builds a formal tone when he could’ve just written competition instead. One last example of this is the word …show more content…
Johnson fits the context which it is written in because the formal tone it has makes the court seem more authorial as if their decision was the best. The formal tone makes the court sound smarter and like their decision is strong which helps because it makes their argument sound better and the better choice. The informal Tone of American Flag Stands for Tolerance is appropriate for his writing because he wrote a newspaper editorial about his opinion using things such as historical moments and colloquialism to draw readers in and he uses in depth things such as how people are treated in China if they were to do something like that in their country to support his statement that the flag stands for tolerance. That is why the tones for each story are appropriate for the context of their writings. In conclusion, the tones for Texas v. Johnson and American Flag Stands for Tolerance are appropriate for the context they’re written