Writer's effect

Which word indicates a tone of happiness to the following sentence:

Bouncing into the room, she lit up the vicinity with a joyous glow on her face as she told about her fiance and their wedding plans.

• vicinity

• wedding

• joyful

Identify the mood of the following sentence:
She huddled in the corner, clutching her tattered blanket and shaking convulsively, as she feverishly searched the room for the unknown dangers that awaited her.

• fanciful
• suspenseful
• melancholy

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the tone of the following sentence?
Bursting through the door, the flustered mother screamed uncontrollably at the innocent teacher who gave her child an F.

• angry
• witty
• suspicious

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the "mood" of  a story?

• Emotions audience feels from a given passage.
• The time and place of the story.
• The summary of events of the story.
• The lesson the reader learns from the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• space
• height
• words
• funny faces

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• Ironic
• Informational
• Joyful
• Dramatic

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is this an example of?
95% of pupils feel that there is too much homework.

• Exaggeration
• Statistical Evidence
• Emotive Language
• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

"When I was five years old, my grandfather lost his life fighting the disease. He passed away quietly in the hospital, surrounded by family and friends..."
Is an example of...

• Emotive Language
• Assonance
• An Antidote
• An Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which persuasive technique is this?
Using words that make people feel sad, angry, upset, sympathetic or guilty.

• Rhetorical questions
• Emotive language
• Personal pronouns
• Exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6