Tone, Mood, and Setting

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? (Look specifically at the three things the speaker compares her heart to.)

• Optimistic
• Mirthful
• Excited
• Desolate

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

And love grown faint and fretful
With lips but half regretful
Sighs, and with eyes forgetful  
Weeps that no loves endure.
QUESTION: What mood do these lines in the poem convey?

• Apathetic
• Jubilant 
• Remorseful
  
• Nostalgic
  

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wings
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky.
QUESTION: What mood do these lines in the poem convey?

• Contemplative
• Refreshed
• Empowered
• Irritated

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A world I dream where black or white,
Whatever race you be,
Will share the bounties of the earth
And every man is free,

QUESTION: What mood do these lines in the poem convey?

• Optimistic
• Loving
• Agitated
• Cynical

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the mood in the picture?

• Optimistic
• Bitter
• Enraged
• Apprehensive

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the mood of the picture?

• Optimistic
• Irritated
• Cynical
• Lonely

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Alex shut the lid to his laptop with a loud clap.  Some of the people sitting at the tables near him looked up from their books and gave him annoyed looks.  Alex realized that he had disturbed them and held up his hand apologetically.  The librarian turned toward him and shushed him loudly, perhaps louder than the noise that he had made.  Alex put the laptop in his bag and began walking toward the door.  He held his head down low.
Which of the following choices is evidence that the setting is a library?

• Some of the people sitting at the tables near him looked up from their books and gave him annoyed looks.
  
• Alex shut the lid to his laptop with a loud clap
• Alex realized that he had disturbed them and held up his hand apologetically. 
• The librarian turned toward him and shushed him loudly, perhaps louder than the noise that he had made.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.9

"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" . 
What is the tone of the dialogue? 

• Cynical
• Playful
• Serious
• Optimistic

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What word best describes the tone of this passage?

• Humorous
• Persuasive
• Anxious
• Cheerful

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What word best describes the tone of this passage?

• Ironic
• Informational
• Joyful
• Dramatic

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4