Mood and Tone

What is the "tone" of a story?

• The feeling the passage evokes from the reader
• The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject
• The time and place of the story
• The summary of events in the story

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What is "mood" in a text?

• The feeling the reader gets from a story.

• The dialogue in a story.

• The author's attitude about a topic.

• A type of figurative language.

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

• pictures
• height
• words
• funny faces

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Choose the best answer:

• Mood and tone can never be the same.
• Mood and tone are always the same.
• Mood and tone are both how the author feels.
• Mood and tone can be the same or different.

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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!"

• Annoying
• Excited
• Calm
• Scary

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My annoying brother likes to drive me crazy.

There is no other who is that lazy.

He whines to Mom and Dad night and day,

until he eventually gets his way.

What is a sister to do,

when he screams 'til he's blue?

There is no way to win,

for he gets under your skin.

He does his best to kill all joy.

Oh, how my brother does annoy!

What is the TONE of the poem?

• Frustrated

• Humorous

• Depressed

• Happy

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Lola sat on the old, lumpy couch crying. She could let it all out here, alone in her mother’s small, quiet apartment in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The familiar walls were covered in rose pink wallpaper. Goldie, her mother’s dog, seemed to stare sympathetically at Lola. The smell of her mother’s vanilla candles comforted her aching heart. What is the TONE of the passage? 

• Angry
• Happy
• Sad
• Hopeful

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Lola sat on the old, lumpy couch crying. She could let it all out here, alone in her mother’s small, quiet apartment in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The familiar walls were covered in rose pink wallpaper. Goldie, her mother’s dog, seemed to stare sympathetically at Lola. The smell of her mother’s vanilla candles comforted her aching heart.

Which words help you decide about the tone in the above passage? (pick more than one)

• Grand Rapids, Michigan

• aching heart

• crying

• familiar

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He approached the task with sheer determination. He had studied his plans carefully, spent hours preparing and was sure of his approach. The hours he spent practicing were grueling and exhausting but he was ready. This was the year he would win the pie eating contest at school. What is the MOOD of this passage?

• Humorous
• Serious
• Sad
• Gloomy

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The night it happened was one we will never forget. The wind was screeching outside as rain pounded against the window. We had lost electricity hours ago and had nothing but candles to light the house. The battery powered radio we had was broadcasting a warning to lock your doors and stay inside; there was a killer on the loose. What is the MOOD of the passage?

• Joyful
• Sad
• Scary
• Lonely

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