How is connotation used as a tool of persuasion? Writers use connotation to help them define words in text. Writers use connotation for sentence variety. Writers use connotation so that they can present a particular tone or point of view. Writers use connotation to provide explanations or illustrations.

Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. though connor was commissioner of public safety, blacks knew that it wasn't their health and safety he intended to protect. and he certainly didn't put out their fires. between the late 1940s and early 1960s, more than fifty black homes and churches in birmingham were bombed. one neighborhood was hit so often, it was called "dynamite hill." no one was ever prosecuted, even when the police could identify the bombers. what is the tone of the excerpt? inquisitive sentimental apologetic scornful