Tone and Mood Flocabulary Read & Respond Questions

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What is tone?

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the author's attitude towards the topic of the story

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What is mood?

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how the story makes you feel

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If an author has no emotion regarding the story he/she is telling, his/her tone can be described as: subjective, ironic, objective, suspenseful.

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objective

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Which of the following is NOT a kind of negative tone?

excited

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cynical

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harsh

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angry

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excited

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Which passage below has the most whimsical tone?

The creature moved its sharp claws over the strange device, and the noise was loud and distracting.

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The lovely fairy danced her long fingers over the harp, and the music carried us gently into a trance.

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The creature played the instrument, and we listened to the music it made.

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The monster played a terrifying noise, and we tried hard not to scream and give away our hiding place.

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The lovely fairy danced her long fingers over the harp, and the music carried us gently into a trance.

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Which passage below has the most critical tone?

On the train, the man slowly clipped his fingernails. He focused on the task, beginning with his pinky finger and finishing with his thumb.

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On the train, the tired old man began clipping his fingernails. He was trying to distract himself from his loneliness by focusing on this one small task, moving from pinky to thumb.

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The man--right in the middle of the crowded train--began to clip his long, yellow fingernails. He did it slowly, as if he didn't even care that a dozen other people could see and hear him.

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The man on the train clipped his fingernails. It took him 2 minutes and 8 seconds. He started on his pinky finger and finished with his thumb. When he was finished, he put the clippers back into his jacket pocket.

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The man--right in the middle of the crowded train--began to clip his long, yellow fingernails. He did it slowly, as if he didn't even care that a dozen other people could see and hear him.

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What word best describes the tone of the sentence: The stunning poem that opens this lovely collection is rich with vivid imagery and creative language.

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admiring

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Which word best describes the tone of the passage? I never wanted to see that movie, but my annoying little sister kept pestering me. Eventually, her whining wore her down, and I gave in. But that waste of a movie really destroyed my Saturday. Options:

admiring

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sad

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bitter

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hopeful

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bitter

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Which words and phrases from the sentence best show the tone? That waste of a movie really destroyed my Saturday.

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waste and destroyed

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Which sentence has the most objective tone?

I devoted three hours on Saturday to that masterpiece of a movie.

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The movie that I saw on Saturday was three hours of torture.

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On Saturday, I made a three-hour mistake; I saw the movie.

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I saw the movie on Saturday. It was three hours long.

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I saw the movie on Saturday. It was three hours long.