Mood

“Meg knelt at her mother’s feet. The warmth and light of the kitchen had relaxed her so that her attic fears were gone. The cocoa steamed fragrantly in the saucepan; geraniums bloomed on the window sills and there was a bouquet of tiny yellow chrysanthemums in the center of the table. The curtains, red, with a blue and green geometrical pattern were drawn and seemed to reflect their cheerfulness throughout the room. The furnace purred like a great, sleepy animal; the lights glowed with steady radiance…” (16)

What is the mood of this passage?

• Harsh

• Comforting

• Excited

• Spooky

“Meg knelt at her mother’s feet. The warmth and light of the kitchen had relaxed her so that her attic fears were gone. The cocoa steamed fragrantly in the saucepan; geraniums bloomed on the window sills and there was a bouquet of tiny yellow chrysanthemums in the center of the table. The curtains, red, with a blue and green geometrical pattern were drawn and seemed to reflect their cheerfulness throughout the room. The furnace purred like a great, sleepy animal; the lights glowed with steady radiance…” (16)

Which words create the mood? (4 answers)

• Warmth

• Light

• Relaxed

• Saucepan

• Purred; Sleepy

“They were standing in a sunlit field, and the air about them was moving with the delicious fragrance that comes only on the rarest of spring days when the sun’s touch is gentle and the apple blossoms are just beginning to unfold.” (67)

What is the mood of this passage? (2 answers)

• Peaceful

• Suspenseful

• Natural

• Exciting

“They were standing in a sunlit field, and the air about them was moving with the delicious fragrance that comes only on the rarest of spring days when the sun’s touch is gentle and the apple blossoms are just beginning to unfold.” (67)

Which words create the mood? (3 answers)

• Sunlit field

• Standing

• Spring days

• Sun's touch, gentle

• Beginning

“Mrs. Whatsit continued to climb, her wings straining a little. Meg felt her heart racing; cold sweat began to gather on her face and her lips felt as though they were turning blue. She began to gasp.

What is the mood of this passage?

• Sad

• Intense

• Frightening

• Angry

“Mrs. Whatsit continued to climb, her wings straining a little. Meg felt her heart racing; cold sweat began to gather on her face and her lips felt as though they were turning blue. She began to gasp."

Which words create the mood? (4 answers)

• Straining

• Heart racing

• Cold sweat

• Lips

• Gasp

“Did a shadow fall across the moon or did the moon simply go out, extinguished as abruptly and completely as a candle? There was still the sound of leaves, a terrified, terrifying rushing. All light was gone. Darkness was complete. Suddenly the wind was gone, and all sound. Meg felt that Calvin was being torn from her. When she reached for him her fingers touched nothing.”

What is the mood of this passage?

• Sad

• Frightening

• Magical

• Joyous

“Did a shadow fall across the moon or did the moon simply go out, extinguished as abruptly and completely as a candle? There was still the sound of leaves, a terrified, terrifying rushing. All light was gone. Darkness was complete. Suddenly the wind was gone, and all sound. Meg felt that Calvin was being torn from her. When she reached for him her fingers touched nothing.”

Which words create the mood? (4 answers)

• Shadow

• A terrified, terrifying rushing

• Darkness

• All light

• Touched nothing

Beth sat down to eat supper with her parents and her older brother, Easton. It was rather late for upper, but her brother had had wrestling practice, and eating dinner together as a family was of utmost importance to her parents.

After eating a few bites of his hamburger, she asked, 'What did the ruler say to the rock?"

After no one answered , her mom replied, "I don't know- tell us." "He said 'you rock,'" answered Beth, grinning from ear to ear. Her parents chuckled, but Easton groaned. "Wait, there's more! What did the rock say back to the ruler?" "That's easy," replied Easton. "He said, 'You rule'."

Which of the following best reflects the MOOD of this passage?

• empowered

• surprised

• amused

• confused

Corey looked out the window and sighed. This was the third weekend in a row that the weather forecaster had predicted rain, and it looked like he was correct in his prediction. It was raining cats and dogs outside his window. Corey was okay with rainy days happening during the week, when he was just sitting in a classroom anyway. In his opinion, though, a rainy Saturday was a waste of a perfectly-good weekend day. "There's no way that we are going to have our soccer game this morning," Corey told his mom. Just then, his mom's cell phone buzzed, indicating a message had been received. She glanced at her phone and frowned. "Yep, no soccer game again this week."

Which of the following best reflects the MOOD of this passage?

• energetic

• gloomy

• nervous

• relaxed