Monster Tone and Mood

What mood is NOT created at the start of Act 1? Read the excerpt below and choose the option that is not created.

The CAMERA has begun to PAN DOWN until it passes the horizon and on a sign which reads, "Maple Street." PAN DOWN until we are shooting down at an angle toward the street below. It's a tree-lined, quiet residential American street, very typical of the small town. The houses have front porches on which people sit and swing on gliders, conversing across from house to house. Steve Brand polishes his car parked in front of his house. His neighbor, Don Martin, leans against the fender watching him. A Good Humor man rides a bicycle and is just in the process of stopping to sell some ice cream to a couple of kids. Two women gossip on the front lawn. Another man waters his lawn.

• Wholesome

• Quaint

• Nervous

• Serene

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

After a mysterious event, the mood changes suddenly. Read the excerpt and then click the adjective that best describes this mood.

At this moment one of the little boys, Tommy, looks up to listen to a sound of a tremendous screeching roar from overhead. A flash of light plays on both their faces and then it moves down the street past lawns and porches and rooftops and then disappears. Various people leave their porches and stop what they're doing to stare up at the sky. Steve Brand, the man who's been polishing his car and now he stands there transfixed, staring upwards. He looks at Don Martin, his neighbor from across the street.

• depressing

• unsettling

• terrifying

• exciting

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Near the end of Act 1, the mood continues to turn. Read the excerpt and choose the adjective that doesn't describe the mood.

The group suddenly starts towards the house. In this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob. They begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end. Steve stands in front of them. For a moment their fear almost turns their walk into a wild stampede, but Steve's voice, loud, incisive, and commanding, makes them stop.

• anxious

• tense

• aloof

• chaotic

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose the adjective that best describes the tone in the quote below.

Steve: What was that? A meteor?

• condescending

• confused

• ironic

• defensive

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Choose the adjective that best describes the tone in the quote below.

Woman: Operator, operator, something’s wrong on the phone, operator!

• panicked

• suspicious

• objective

• proud

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Choose the adjective that best describes the tone in the quote below.

Steve: I’ll run downtown. We’ll get this all straightened out.

• sincere

• honest

• scornful

• reassuring

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose the adjective that best describes the tone in the quote below.

Don: Maybe you better tell us. Nothing’s working on this street. Nothing. No lights, no power, no radio. Nothing except one car – yours!

• frustrated

• sarcastic

• accusing

• proud

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose the adjective that best describes the tone of the quote below.

Goodman: Wait a minute now. You keep your distance – all of you. So I’ve got a car that starts by itself – well, that’s a freak thing, I admit it. But does that make me some kind of a criminal or something? I don’t know why the car works – it

• ecstatic

• defensive

• ironic

• soothing

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3