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C. Tone (I.S.E)
Tone refers to the emotional state of the author of the source. His emotional state will determine
whether the source (or what he said) is reliable or not. An overly angry / unhappy / sad /
disappointed person will be showing emotions in his words when he speaks. This may render the
source unreliable.
Also if the author is overly praising something, he may also not be reliable because he is
exaggerating. This makes what he says also unreliable.
Infer I am surprised by the source. I can infer that the source has a negative / blaming / accusatory
/ contemptuous / condemning / sarcastic tone.
Support The source uses very emotional and value laden words such as . And
Explain This means that the author of the sources does not support the British Army and is
condemning their actions in the Bloody Sunday Incident. He is making it a point to discredit the
British Army for their actions as he sees it as utter disregard for the law. Therefore, we can see that
he is biased against the Army and wants to seek justice for the crimes that it committed.
Conclude: Thus the source is not reliable as the tone is rather emotional and biased. Therefore I am
surprised by what the general said.
Now practice writing the above skills so that you can achieve the higher level marks in reliability
questions.