All 5 Uses of

tone
in
The Hunger Games

She is not weepy or evasive, instead there's an urgency about her tone that surprises me.
p. 38.3

tone = general feeling, mood, or attitude

I say, trying for the special tone that my mother used only with my father.
p. 261.8

"Several times over," I say in a superior tone.
p. 273.5

tone = pitch (sound of voice) that expressed an attitude

"What if you show me what's edible around here and go get us some meat?" he says, mimicking my tone.
p. 316.3 *

tone = general feeling, mood, or attitude

Definitions:

(1) (tone as in: the tone of the essay)
the general feeling, mood, or attitude of something -- especially of something said or written
(2) (meaning too common or rare to warrant focus)
meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus:

See a comprehensive dictionary for the many other common and less common meanings of tone including:
- a quality of sound, music, or voice
- a quality of color
- a quality of muscles seen after exercise, or the act of exercising to create that quality
- signals from a telephone
The expression "tone down", means to make something less forceful.