Author's Purpose and Tone

Often you feel you’ve done nothing when you’ve actually done a lot. That’s because what you did do seemed beneath notice—it was so small that it didn’t “count.” But it did—just as each stitch counts toward a finished dress, each brick or nail toward a house you can live in, each mistake toward knowing how to do things right.

• hesitant--uncertain about what to do or say because you are nervous or unwilling

• encouraging--giving you hope and confidence

• amused--thinking something is funny and you smile or laugh

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

A vaccine is a preparation of killed or weakened germs that is injected under the skin and causes the blood to produce antibodies against the disease. Effective vaccines, for instance, have been developed for small pox, rabies, and polio.

• objective--based on facts, or making a decision that is based on facts rather than on your feelings or beliefs

• arrogant--behaving in an unpleasant or rude way because you think you are more important than other people

• regretful--feeling sorry or disappointed

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

By selling candy and other junk food in the lunchroom, public schools are teaching poor nutrition; such “lessons” should not be allowed. 

• Inform
• Persuade
• Entertain
• Instruct

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

People should not be allowed to have children until they take a parenting class. 

• Inform
• Instruct
• Entertain
• Persuade

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

1I visited my grandmother in a nursing home yesterday. 2Ninety-two years old and partially paralyzed by a stroke, she now struggles to feed herself and is irreversibly bound to her bed or wheelchair. 3Once vital and fiercely independent, she is now frail and incapable of even using the bathroom unassisted. 4Mortified by her dependence on others, her moods range from quiet acceptance to whining complaint. 5I do not see evidence of a divine plan in this situation. 6Maybe there is no divine plan, or perhaps I am just not wise enough to see it. 

• Ironic
• Distressed
• Annoyed
• Forgiving

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

1Our world is paying a stiff price for chronic air pollution. 2If dramatic changes are not made, pollutants will continue to rob us of money and health. 3They damage buildings and automobiles. 4Crops, livestock, roads, and metals are all hurt by air pollution. 5We must pay millions to clean everything from soot-blackened buildings to curtains dirtied with pollutants. 6If nothing else can persuade us to cut down on air pollution, perhaps the threats to our health will. 7Our bodies are paying the highest price of all for living in a polluted land. 8Breathing the air in New York City is equivalent to smoking several packs of cigarettes a day. 9The poisons in the air accumulate in our bodies, leading to bronchitis, emphysema, and lung cancer. 

• arrogantly sarcastic
• sympathetic but angry
• greatly concerned
• bitterly revengeful

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

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

• Humorous
• Persuasive
• Anxious
• Cheerful

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

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

• Bitter
• Respectful
• Objective
• Humorous

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Lana was bursting with excitement.  She paced up and down, and every few minutes headed to the window to check for the mail carrier.  When he finally showed up, she ran down the path and stretched out her hand for the mail.  She took a deep breath and, hands shaking, ripped open the envelope.  
What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?

• humorous 
• persuasive 
• anxious 
• cheerful 

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Dear Mom,
     Please come pick me up as soon as possible.  I hate it here at summer camp.  If you let me come home, I will keep my room clean for a year.  I will even clean the bathrooms.  PLEASE COME SOON!!
-Jeremy
Which word best describes the tone of this note?

• hostile
• desperate
• somber
• suspicious

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4