The Art of Mood & Tone

What is the tone of this painting?

• Contemptuous

• Solemn

• Aggressive

• Flippant

What is the best description of the tone of this painting?

• Nostalgic

• Callous

• Melancholic

• Macabre

What is the best description of the tone of this painting?

• Apathetic

• Satirical

• Patronising

• Outspoken

What is the best description of tone in this painting?

• Ambivalent

• Whimsical

• Evasive

• World-Weary

What is the best description of the following painting's tone?

• Tolerant

• Forceful

• Gullible

• Sentimental

What mood does the following sentence create in the reader?

“He had taken the dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind” ( Hawthorne 2).

• Mellow

• Foreboding

• Lethargic

• Thoughtful

What mood does the following sentence create in the reader?

“Now Joe knew his wife had passed that way. He knew that the men lounging in the general store had seen her, moreover, he knew that the men knew he knew. He stood there silent for a long moment staring blankly, with his Adam’s apple twitching nervously up and down his throat. One could actually see the pain he was suffering, his eyes, his face, his hands and even the dejected slump of his shoulders. He set the bottle down upon the counter. He didn’t bang it, just eased it out of his hand silently and fiddled with his suspender buckle” (Hurston).

• Vivacious

• Apathetic

• Contemplative

• Suspenseful

What is the tone of the following lines?

“Sometimes I think you want me to touch you

How can I when you build the great wall around you

In your eyes I saw the future together

You just look away in the distance”

(Amos).

• Ambivalent

• Vindictive

• Pretentious

• Depressing