Mood and Tone Review 2

Mood is how the ___________ feels about a particular text he/she is ____________.

• reader ... reading

• author ... writing about

Tone is how the ___________ feels about a particular text he/she is ____________.

• reader ... reading

• author ... writing about

"The girl remembered little from the raid at Okeadan in which she had been captured. She knew her parents had been killed. She had no idea what had happened to her brothers and sisters. Much of what she had experienced had been so horrible that she had simply shut it out of her mind."

The author’s tone is:

• Solemn

• Uplifting

• Unbiased

• Enthusiastic

“'Just look at the Titanic!' the captain said. 'Even God can’t sink this ship.' Then, on the first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, boom, it hit and iceberg and sank. And as soon as a daredevil utters the words 'piece of cake' before attempting a stunt, he is doomed. 'Piece of cake' becomes his 'famous last words...'"

The author's tone is:

• Happy

• Depressed

• Sarcastic

• Unbiased

“The storm swept across and area from Virginia up to Nova Scotia, Canada. The winds were blowing in excess of 60MPH. The wind from the hurricane force winds were so powerful that in Liberty, New York, the local train station had its roof entirely ripped off...”

The author’s tone is:

• Joyful

• Terrified

• Unbiased

• Angry

What was the best indicator that the previous passage was unbiased in tone?

• It only listed facts about the storm.

• It told how bad the storm was.

• It told how the affected citizens felt after the storm.

• It had lots of "loaded" feeling words in it.

“Dana grinned malevolently. His teeth were nubby and yellow, like an old barn dog’s. Kneeling on Roy’s chest, he hauled back to hit him again.”

The author’s tone is:

• Romantic

• Hostile

• Serious

• Excited

Which two words best contribute to the hostile tone in the previous passage?

• malevolently, hit

• Roy's chest

• old, barn

• grinned, kneeling

“We’d gone a quarter mile down the trail when we ran into a man walking the wrong way. He had a pack on back- a full, towering, overstuffed pack- and he was sweating hard. His breath sounded like a bellows. I stepped aside to let him pass. I stared. I knew that he was one of the ones who wouldn’t make it up to the summit, that he would quit right here at the start. I thought to myself, 'Why waste so much of your time?'"

The author’s tone is:

• Unbiased

• Amused

• Disapproving

• Loving

It sounds clichéd

But at times like this,

I miss my dad.

I mean,

I don’t remember him-

He died of cancer when I was three

Pictures

Are all that’s left.

The author's tone is:

• Romantic

• Grieving

• Amused

• Informative