Tone and mood

What is the "mood" of  a story?

• Emotions audience feels from a given passage.
• The time and place of the story.
• The summary of events of the story.
• The lesson the reader learns from the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

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

Tags

CCSS.L.6.3B

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RL.6.4

Does "mood" focus on the audience or the narrator?

• Reader
• Narrator

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.6

Authors set a TONE or MOOD in literature by conveying an emotion or emotions through ________.

• pictures
• height
• words
• funny faces

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.3D

"They plan to kill General  Washington." He closed the book, set it on the floor, and leaned forward, his elbows on his knees. "Tell me all" (103). 
What is the tone of the dialogue? 

• informal
• happy
• serious
• optomistic

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What is the tone of the following text?
"I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you slink away!" (108).
 

• pleased
• angry
• happy
• suspicious

Tags

CCSS.L.6.3B

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RL.6.4

"Folks were prickly and fearful. Loyalist shopkeepers had been tarred and feathered by angry mobs and their shops destroyed. Each day dawned hotter than the one before" (106). 
What is the mood of the passage?

• romantic
• sorrowful
• joyful
• suspenseful

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?

• Bitter
• Respectful
• Objective
• Humorous

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which word accurately describes the son's tone in the following dialogue? 
Father: We are going to Disney World! 
Son: Yay!!!! 

• irritated
• annoyed
• uninterested
• ecstatic

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?

• Ironic
• Informational
• Joyful
• Dramatic

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.4.4