Mood and Tone Review

Identify the correct mood for the following passage.

Frank gazed at the still features of his grandmother's face. He saw a lifetime of sacrifice etched in the many lines. She looked peaceful in death. But Frank's heart ached to think that he would never hear her voice again.

• Joy

• Excitement

• Sadness

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Identify the correct mood for the following passage.

Would tomorrow never come? Angela tossed and turned. Her bags were packed and waiting by the door. Her new outfit hung at the end of the bed. A new life would begin tomorrow, in far-away Africa. Every thought she had of morning drove sleep even farther from her grasp.

• Joy

• Excitement

• Sadness

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Identify the correct mood for the following passage.

The wind whistled forlornly through the canyon. An eagle floated high above. It was the only living thing in John's sight. His companions had left yesterday morning. Now he felt like the only person left alive on the face of the earth. He spoke loudly to his shadow. Anything to hear the sound of a human voice!

• Happiness

• Loneliness

• Fear

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Identify the correct mood for the following passage.

The tornado had taken everything. Everything! The little family huddled together, gazing at the wreckage of their farm. Not a post was left standing. Not a stalk of corn remained in the fields. Robert thought of his long hours of labor in the heat and the cold. He covered his face with his hands and wept soundlessly.

• Despair

• Loneliness

• Fear

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Identify the correct mood for the following passage.

The bomb would go off in three minutes. Gus felt cold chills as he heard the bomb ticking. He struggled with the rope that tied his hands behind his back. Unless he could disarm the bomb, he was a dead man.

• Joyful

• Lonely

• Fearful

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Identify the correct tone for the following passage.

Every weekend athlete is acquainted with the sudden crippling pain known as a “stitch in the side.” The stitch is actually a cramp in the diaphragm, the muscle that separates the abdomen from the chest cavity. When you breathe too heavily in a short span of time—as during a burst of athletic activity—the diaphragm suffers an oxygen shortage and reacts with the painful cramp. To relieve a stitch in your left side, say experts, lift your hands over your head and stretch far to the right while breathing slowly and regularly. Reverse your stretch for a stitch on the right.

• Sarcastic

• Sad

• Matter-of-fact

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Identify the correct tone for the following passage.

Umbrellas have feet, invisible little feet. How else can we explain the fact that the rascals are forever sneaking off, stealing away from the spots where we perfect humans are sure we put them? Time and again, it’s the same story: A crack of thunder, and the sky unleashes a flood. We reach for our trusty umbrella only to find an empty space. But it was there, we insist. Where did it disappear to? Perhaps it’s next to the sunglasses, which, in case you didn’t know, have wings.

• Playful and humorous

• Surprised and regretful

• Objective

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Umbrellas have feet, invisible little feet. How else can we explain the fact that the rascals are forever sneaking off, stealing away from the spots where we perfect humans are sure we put them? Time and again, it’s the same story: A crack of thunder, and the sky unleashes a flood. We reach for our trusty umbrella only to find an empty space. But it was there, we insist. Where did it disappear to? Perhaps it’s next to the sunglasses, which, in case you didn’t know, have wings.

The primary purpose of this paragraph is to...

• teach readers about umbrellas and sunglasses

• persuade readers to be more careful about where they keep umbrellas

• amuse readers by poking fun at a minor human problem

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Identify the correct tone for the following passage.

I am beside myself for not getting the job done. I knew better than to keep putting it off.

• Glad

• Regretful

• Soothing

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which words and phrases from the sentence below best shows you the tone?

That waste of a movie really destroyed my Saturday.

• "waste" and "destroyed"

• "movie" and "of a"

• "that" and "my"

• "really" and "Saturday"

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4