Context Clues/Mood and Tone Practice

Read the following poem, "A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti and answer the question below. My heart is like a singing bird   Whose nest is a weathered shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree   Whose boughs are bent  with thick-set fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell   That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea; My heart is gladder than all these   Because my love is come to me. QUESTION: What mood do the details of the poem convey?

• Sorrow
• Happiness
• Excitement
• Nervousness

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

There go the loves that wither,   The old loves with wearier wings; And all dead years draw thither [there]   And disastrous things; Dead dreams of days foresaken, Blind buds that snows have shaken, Wild leaves that winds have taken,   Red strays of ruined springs. ... And love, grown faint and fretful With lips but half regretful Sighs, and with eyes forgetful   Weeps that no loves endure [last]. QUESTION: What mood do the details in the poem convey?

• Wastefulness and excess
• Happiness
• Sadness and despair
• Mistrust

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which tone is represented in the following passage? She delicately placed the cooing baby on a soft, freshly cleaned blanket.

• soothing
• annoyed
• distrustful
• tired

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Which tone is represented in the following passage? Ugh! Do I really have to sit through another boring lecture on data entry again.

• enthusiastic
• nostalgic
• optimistic
• peeved

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

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.

• eerie
• sarcastic
• passionate
• humorous

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

"Excuse me," she said. "The train conductor told me what happened. You were on the wrong train car." Then she pointed to the large board that had previously mystified Patrick. "You will want to catch the next train to Milan," she said. "From there it is easy to get to Rome."
In the excerpt above, the word mystified most likely means...

• mysterious
• confused
• frustrated
• shocked

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

 Tommy was a real avid baseball card collector. He inherited the desire to collect cards because his dad had a collection, too.

• eager
• careless
• apart
• fearful

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

 He climbed the mountain and stood looking over the tops of the trees on the mountain across from him. He was right on the precipice and could have fallen.

• stiff
• top
• edge
• under

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The tough task was filled with inherent danger. 

• combined
• built in
• overflowing
• external

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If you count all the votes in an area that heavily supports candidate A, and only some of the votes in an area that heavily supports candidate B, you’ll skew the results in favor of candidate A. What does “skew” mean?

• roast
• ignore
• change
• ask

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4