Answer: A) the way the speaker feels about the topic.
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, etc. From the given options, the one that represents what the tone of a speech tells the reader, is the corresponding to option A: the way the speakers feels about the topic.
