6th Grade Tone / Mood

What is the feeling or emotion the AUTHOR communicates in a story

• Mood
• Tone
• Characterization
• Narrator

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which tone is represented in the following passage?
"Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!"

• Calm
• Annoyed
• Scary
• Excited

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which tone is represented in the following passage?
"She delicately placed the cooing baby on a soft, freshly cleaned blanket."

• Calm
• Annoyed
• Scary
• Excited

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which tone is represented in the following passage? 

"As the hurricane threatened, the wind's blast caused angry fifteen-foot waves to crash over the small houses near the shore."

• Calm
• Annoyed
• Scary
• Excited

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which tone is represented in the following passage? 

"Ugh! Do I really have to sit through another boring lecture on data entry again."

• Calm
• Annoyed
• Scary
• Excited

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What best describes the tone throughout the following passage?
"We must do something about the trash that floats in the Trinity River. It is too unsafe for the city and for the families who visit the river every year. The trash floats to the surface and makes the water unsafe so that nothing can survive in it. Even the animals that live on and near the river need to be saved from the filth."

• Calm
• Serious
• Amused
• Nervous

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following could replace the word "played" in the sentence to make it more vivid.
"The low-riding Chevy played its radio loudly."

• used
• had on
• blasted
• left on

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

"I'd like to get a job there because I like digging around and planting things."
Which revision changes the tone of this sentence from informal to formal?

• I want a job there so I can mess around outdoors in gardens.
• I'm looking for a yardwork job because I like working outside.
• I am requesting a job that will let me plant things and work in folks' yards.
• I am seeking employment that will allow me to explore my horticulture interests.
  

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CCSS.W.6.1D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What word BEST describes the overall tone of the following excerpt from Charlotte's Web by E.B. White?
"But I feel peaceful. Your success in the ring this morning was, to a small degree, my success. Your future is assured. You will live, secure and safe, Wilbur. Nothing can harm you now."

• depressed
• despondent
• indifferent
• peaceful

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.8.4