What is the "tone" of a story?

The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject

The feeling the passage evokes from the reader

The time and place of the story

The summary of events in the story

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.

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?

The librarian turned toward him and shushed him loudly, perhaps louder than the noise that he had made.

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 best definition of theme is...

The message the author is sending.

The lesson the author is teaching.

A word that summarizes the story.

What is the main difference between THEME and MAIN IDEA.

Theme is a universal lesson, and main idea is what a story is about.

Theme is what a story is about, and main idea is the universal lesson it teaches.

Tone can best described as

the author's attitude toward his writing

the overall mood or feeling in a story

Mood, Tone, & Theme

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The author's attitude or feelings towards the writing and the readers is the ________.

mood

tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

_________ is the feeling the reader gets as he/she reads the text.

mood

tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

space

height

words

funny faces

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"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

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"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

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Bitter

Respectful

Objective

Humorous

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

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Mood, Tone, & Theme

The author's attitude or feelings towards the writing and the readers is the ________.

_________ is the feeling the reader gets as he/she reads the text.

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

"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?

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).

"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?

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

What is the "tone" of a story?

Setting is defined as the _______ and _______ of the story.

What is the "mood" of a story?

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"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?

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).

"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?

Setting is defined as the _ and _ of the story.