MOOD AND TONE

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What is the tone of this passage: Tim Rutledge of Orlando, Florida, was on his way to Indiana to make a delivery Monday when he drove right into a snowstorm and his brakes froze. In temperatures of 42 degrees below zero with the wind chill, Rutledge pulled over at a truck stop and got under his truck to fix the brakes. While Rutledge was on the ground, the truck shifted and trapped him underneath? Options: Passion, Fear, Sorrow, Calm.

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Fear

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Mood is...

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The reader's feelings while reading the text

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Which word creates a nostalgic tone? Abshu wished that his own family could have stayed together. There were four of them who ended up in foster care: him, two younger sisters, and a baby brother. He understood why his mother did what she did, but he couldn't help wondering if there might have been a better way. Options: understood, wished, together, foster care

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wished

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What is the tone of the following limerick? There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, "It is just as I feared! Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard!"

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humorous

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Tone is...

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The author's attitude or feelings

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What mood is evoked from this passage? Abshu wished that his own family could have stayed together. There were four of them who ended up in foster care: him, two younger sisters, and a baby brother. He understood why his mother did what she did, but he couldn't help wondering if there might have been a better way.

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Sorrow

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Based on the tone of the limerick, the intended audience is probably...
Options: elderly, teenagers, children, adults

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children

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Where would this passage most likely be found? Passage: Abshu wished that his own family could have stayed together. There were four of them who ended up in foster care: him, two younger sisters, and a baby brother. He understood why his mother did what she did, but he couldn't help wondering if there might have been a better way. Options: Poem, Newspaper, Novel, Magazine

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Novel