Answer: C) the writer’s attitude toward the audience and the subject.
Explanation: The tone of a text or sentence is the author's or speaker's attitude towards the audience, the subject or even the characters of the text. There are many different kinds of tones, like: positive, negative, objective, sad, angry, fearful, excited, etc. From the given options, the description that best matches the definition of tone, is the corresponding to option C.
