Mood and Tone

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.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

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

• pictures
• height
• words
• funny faces

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CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RL.6.4

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

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

"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.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

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

• Bitter
• Respectful
• Objective
• Humorous

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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

• Enthusiastic
• Serious
• Mocking
• Sorrowful

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CCSS.L.6.4A

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.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Today was Wendell's birthday. He barely slept last night. He jumped out of bed and ran downstairs to the smell of pancakes cooking.
What would Wendell's mood be on his birthday?

• Crazy
• Fearful
• Distant
• Excited

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

• Humorous
• Persuasive
• Anxious
• Cheerful

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

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

• Ironic
• Informational
• Joyful
• Dramatic

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4