Mood and Tone Review - English 8

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Tone can best be described as

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the author's attitude toward his writing

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What are some good tricks to remember what tone is?

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All of these are true: AA-author's attitude, parent saying: "don't give me that tone", imagining the author's facial expression as he writes.

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The tone and mood of a text can be very different.

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True

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If an author has no emotion regarding the story he is telling, his tone can be described as: playful, objective, ironic, mysterious.

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objective

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What is the mood? Options: afraid, bossy, hopeful, irritated (annoyed)

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hopeful

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What is the mood? Options: sad, approving, nervous, silly

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approving

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Mood is also called...

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atmosphere

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Choose the positive mood words: cheerful, gloomy, suspenseful, lighthearted.

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cheerful

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What is the tone of the following passage?
The alarm buzzed. Jordan smashed her fist down on it--hard. It flew off the nightstand and bounced off her cat, Armstrong. The cat yowled indignantly and rocketed out the room. Options: Eerie, Sarcastic, Passionate, Humorous

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Humorous

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Which tone is represented in the following passage?
Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!
Options: Calm, Annoyed, Scary, Excited

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Excited