7.37 Author’s Purpose, Perspective, Bias, and Tone
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The announcement about the city tree-planting plan in Clearwater describes the plan as "quietly sidelined". It lists steps and deadlines, but the phrase stands out because it carries a strong feeling. Readers may react to the wording before they even compare the facts. By the end, the message pushes the reader toward the author's attitude as much as toward the information. The author never says "I think," but the connotation does that work.

What effect does the phrase in quotation marks have on the reader?