Tone Vocabulary

"I doubt Ms. Allen will postpone the vocabulary test." This tone is...

• optimistic

• skeptical

• empathetic

• curt

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Characterized by directness in manner or speech

• critical

• ambivalence

• curt

• appreciation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds

• optimistic
• critical
• ambivalence
• frank

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Showing ready comprehension of others' states

• optimistic
• Empathetic
• apprecition
• critical

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Lola sat on the old, lumpy couch crying. She could let it all out here, alone in her mother’s small, quiet apartment in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The familiar walls were covered in rose pink wallpaper. Goldie, her mother’s dog, seemed to stare sympathetically at Lola. The smell of her mother’s vanilla candles comforted her aching heart. What is the TONE of the passage?

• Derogatory

• Jovial

• Melancholy

• Nostalgic

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

deeply or seriously thoughtful; thinking deeply about one's own experiences

• Introspective

• Mocking

• Reflective

• Amused

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

showing an inappropriate amount of seriousness; rude

• Critical

• Flippant

• Skeptica

• Curt

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Showing that one considers oneself superior to others

• mocking
• contemplative
• critical
• Condescending

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Straightforward; direct without secretiveness

• Forthright

• Flippant

• Empathetic

• Facetious

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

4) Which passage below has the most whimsical tone?

• A. The creature moved it sharp claws over the strange device and the noise was loud and distracting

• B. The lovely fairy danced her long fingers over the harp and the music carried us gently into a trance.

• C. The creature played the instrument and we listened to the music it made.

• D. The monster produced a terrifying noise, and we tried hard not to scream and give away our hiding place

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4