Tone Analysis of "Every 23 Minutes"

In "Every 23 Minutes," a non-fiction essay written in current time, the author, Linda Weltner, expresses her feelings toward the deep matter of drinking and driving. Weltner uses a reflective, disappointed tone through the use of rhetorical questions, repetition, and syntax. <Tab/>In Weltner's essay, she expresses her feelings to the reader with syntax. Intense sorrow is expressed through short statements like "A Wedding" succeeded by "Followed by a funeral." The deep …showed first 75 words of 354 total…

…showed last 75 words of 354 total…you bear it" is asked towards the reader signifying how painful it is when someone that is loved dies is gone and that words can't even describe the pain. <Tab/>Linda Weltner's reflective, disappointed view in "Every 23 Minutes" is expressed through rhetorical questions, repetition, and syntax. It shows the reader how serious the matter of drinking and driving is, and leaves the reader with the decision on what to do next.