Writer's Effect Grade 8

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

• Vicinity

• Joyful

• wedding

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

• Melancholy

• Suspenseful

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

• suspicious

• witty

•What is the "mood" of a story?

• Emotions audience feels from a given passage

• The summary of events of the story.

• The time and place of the story.

• The lesson the reader learns from the story.

What is the "tone" of a story?

• The feeling the passage evokes from the reader

• The time and place of the story

• The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject

• The summary of events in the story

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

• Space

• Words

• Height

• Funny faces

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

• Ironic

• Joyful

• Informational

• Dramatic

What is this an example of?

"95% of pupils feel that there is too much homework."

• Exaggeration

• Emotive language

• Statistical evidence

• Repetition

Repetition of an initial consonant sound in order to emphasize certain words or make them more memorable is called………..

• Pronouns

• Exaggeration

• Alliteration

• Attack

What is the effect of the adjectives in the quote?

"The water... has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool.“

• They help the reader to follow where the water is running to.

• They create a vivid image of a peaceful and bright natural environment.

• They created a dark and ominous mood.