STAAR Academy Tone and Mood

Multiple Choice

What is the "tone" of a story?

• The feeling the passage evokes from the reader
• The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject
• The time and place of the story
• The summary of events in the story

Multiple Choice

The literary definition of a word

• point of view

• connotation

• denotation

• allegory

Multiple Choice

A word’s denotation is its dictionary definition. But a word can also evoke certain thoughts and feelings. The thoughts and feelings associated with a certain word are called the connotation of the word. Words with the same denotation can have different connotations. Connotations can be positive, negative or neutral.
Which of the following has a positive connotation?

• A strong reek 
• A strong aroma 

Multiple Choice

Which of the following has a negative connotation?

• A pushy leader
• A charismatic leader

Multiple Choice

Which of the following has a positive connotation? 

• Squandered his time 
• Invested his time 

Multiple Choice

Mood is...

• The reader's feelings while reading the text

• The author's style of writing

• The author's attitude or feelings

• The reader's feelings before reading the text

Multiple Choice

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.

• Calm

• Fear

• Passion

• Sorrow

Multiple Choice

The tone in the quote is...

• melancholic

• depressing

• motivational

• pessimistic

Multiple Choice

Which sentence has the most energetic tone?

• It is raining heavily, and I don't have an umbrella!

• It is raining heavily, I can't believe that I don't have an umbrella!

• It is raining heavily, and I don't have an umbrella; let's splash and have fun!

• It is raining heavily , and I hate it!

Multiple Choice

The best word to describe the mood in this picture is...

• calm

• peaceful

• depressing

• optimistic

Multiple Choice

Which tone would you use to write a letter to your grandmother?

• formal and serious

• serious and sad

• warm and heartfelt

• gloomy and pessimistic

Multiple Choice

The words that determine the tone in this passage are...

"although I had tried hard and had followed the steps of the scientific method, my experiment didn't work. I dragged myself into class and slouched in my seat, not raising my hand

• experiment, science

• method, class

• dragged, slouched

• raising hand