Texas Vs. Johnson and American Flag Stands For Tolerance are two stories that differentiate because of their different context which creates different tones. The tone in Texas Vs. Johnson is formal. It’s formal because the story is written by the Supreme Court whose justifying the ruling decision that was made against Johnson and the reasons for their decision. In the story, the diction is at a higher level than what a person would say having a regular conversation with friends or family. A few examples from the text itself would be joust, permissible, “breach of peace”, reaffirmation, and throughout the text, ‘we’ is used multiple times. Even though the story is told from a supreme court, ‘we’ is being used as if one united whole agrees in all of the decision so the formal meaning would be like a mature kind of tone and formal. As for joust, permissible, and reaffirmation, these are a higher diction use of vocabulary not used in a regular everyday conversation. Lastly, ‘breach of peace’, it’s formal because basically the text could have just said disturbing of peace and it wouldn’t have as much …show more content…
For the first 4 examples, others may agree with what it’s saying but some may not agree about feelings or thoughts about the flag or what the flag symbolizes. Some may or may not agree with the court decision as well and some do not. As for the last two examples, the keywords are ‘my argument’ and ‘My point is’. The word ‘my’ is used for just a one person on their own thoughts and feelings. This person could of been biased and not everyone has the same thoughts/feelings so some may agree and some may disagree with the