Conquer I-itis with Effort Tone Makes Your Words Sing Tone Plagues City Officials I am indebted to former and current students for many of these examples on this link. Thanks to the student who suggested he needed some extra help with passive writing. Style Needs Defining Style identifies you as a person in writing. You create a personality with your style. Your individuality shows through your style in writing.
Tone is very much a part of style.
Think of the fine, simple writing of Mark Twain and Jack London. Write in a way that comes naturally. Write from a suitable design. Write with nouns and verbs, not adjectives and adverbs. Revise and rewrite.