The Mark on the Wall
by Virginia Woolf

The Mark on the Wall: Tone 1 key example

Definition of Tone

The tone of a piece of writing is its general character or attitude, which might be cheerful or depressive, sarcastic or sincere, comical or mournful, praising or critical, and so on. For instance... read full definition
The tone of a piece of writing is its general character or attitude, which might be cheerful or depressive, sarcastic or sincere, comical or mournful, praising or critical... read full definition
The tone of a piece of writing is its general character or attitude, which might be cheerful or depressive, sarcastic or sincere, comical... read full definition
Tone
Explanation and Analysis:

The narrator speaks in the first person, leaving room for indecision and unreliability, as in the passage below:

But as for the mark, I'm not sure about it; I don't believe it was made by a nail after all; it's too big, too round, for that.