Sermon Tone Analysis
Overall tone of the sermon
This automated analysis scores the text on the likely presence of emotional, language, and social tones. There are no right or wrong scores; this is just an indication of tones readers or listeners may pick up from the text.
A score of 0.5 or higher indicates the tone is likely present.
Emotion Tone
Anger
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Disgust
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Fear
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Joy
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Sadness
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Language Tone
Analytical
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Confident
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Tentative
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Social Tone
Openness
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Conscientiousness
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Extraversion
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Agreeableness
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Emotional Range
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Tone of specific sentences
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=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'>1) narrative~/descriptive: Summary = Main Idea or General Statement.·
/Tells what happened or describes the characteristics or qualities of something or someone.
Its purpose is to give a visual picture or impression, and is generally made up of a general statement or main idea supported by details./
2) “concept~/term”-definition: Summary = Concept~/Term and Definition
· /The topic sentence introduces a concept that is described and defined by the details of the paragraph./
3) “hypothesis~/statement”-proof: Summary = /(This one has elements of both explanatory and generalization paragraphs.
Look to their summaries for info on summarizing)/
· /The topic sentence is an idea that is either proved or disproved by the details of the paragraph./
4) generalizations & principles: Summary = Statement about the Principle or Generalization for the Specific Facts Given.
A generalization is a statement about a limited set of facts.
We can state a generalization based on the given data and be open to change when new date presents itself.
A principle is a scientific generalization: a rule that applies to a set of facts every time.
There may be more than one generalization per paragraph, the sum of them make of the summary of the paragraph.
5) explanatory: Summary = “Cause and Effect” or “What and Why”/ /(Main Idea)
· /Tells about some event, idea or fact, (the effect) and explains why it happened, or was thought (the cause).
Sometimes the cause and effect are both in the same sentence, sometimes they are not./
/Some signal words/: / because, so that, in order to, therefore, cause, in effect, result, since, to, //and reason that./
6) sequential: Summary = What You Are Told How to Make or Do, or The Steps in a Sequence of Events (Topic or Main Idea)
· /Tells how to do something, tells events in a series, steps in a process, or steps in a sequence of events.
Sometimes have a stated main idea, but most often not./
/Some signal words/: /first, second, finally, last, and, also, before, after, now, and next./
7) comparative: Summary = Statement of Who or What is Being Compared and How They Are Alike and~/or Different.
· Compares or contrasts two or more people, things, or ideas, and tells how they are alike, or different, or both alike and different.
/Some signal word/: /like, as, the same as, similar, both, and; in contrast to, however, different, unlike, whereas, but, although./
8) question~/answer: Summary = Statement of Question and Answers
/The topic sentence poses a question that is answered in the details of the paragraph/
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