Assignment task: Identify the tone the author is using. Give a reason to support your answer.
Read the following excerpts from different restaurant reviews. For each review, identify the tone the author is using. Give a reason to support your answer.
A. Charlie's Cookhouse is just very, very bad; they have prices that knock the wind out of you and moments of cooking so ham-handed, so foul, so astoundingly grim, that you want to congratulate the kitchen on its staggering incompetence.
B. Earl's Eatery isn't so much a restaurant as a random sequence of events. I could describe it as bad - and believe me, the food is, in a very special way - but that really doesn't do the experience justice. And so my advice to you: Don't go to Earl's Eatery. Keep not going. Keep not going a lot. In a town with a talent for opening hateful and tasteless restaurants, Earl's Eatery marks a special new low. That's its real achievement.
C. At Karen's Kitchen, the service is always excellent, along with the food. Their specials menu has their fresh fish option, which is a MUST try! The cream of mushroom soup with sherry is one of my favorites. The lively atmosphere is good for conversation and they have an excellent bar and wine list.
D. I was really looking forward to eating at Sally's Sandwiches. But this time, it all went down the drain. The service wasn't terrible, but the pasta was cold, dry, and inedible. When we ordered a ham sandwich instead, it took 30 minutes to arrive at the table. Overall, it was a disappointing experience.