Author's Tone/Perspective

"A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti

*What mood do the details of the poem convey?

My heart is like a singing bird

Whose nest is a weathered shoot;

My heart is like an apple-tree

Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit;

My heart is like a rainbow shell

That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea;

My heart is gladder than all these

Because my love has come to me.

What mood do the details of the poem convey?

• Sorrow

• Happiness

• Excitement

• Nervousness

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

"The Garden of Proserpine" by Algernon Swinburne.

There go the loves that wither [dry up],

The old loves with wearier wings;

And all dead years draw thither [there]

And disastrous things;

Dead dreams of days forsaken,

Blind buds that snows have shaken,

Wild leaves that winds have taken,

Red strays of ruined springs....

And love, grown faint and fretful

With lips but half regretful sighs,

and with eyes forgetful

Weeps that no loves endure.

In the first two lines, what images does the speaker use to describe love?

• Loves that go away and have exhausted wings

• Loves that grow both wobbly and worrisome

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

"The Garden of Proserpine" by Algernon Swinburne.

There go the loves that wither [dry up],

The old loves with wearier wings;

And all dead years draw thither [there]

And disastrous things;

Dead dreams of days forsaken,

Blind buds that snows have shaken,

Wild leaves that winds have taken,

Red strays of ruined springs...

And love, grown faint and fretful

With lips but half regretful

Sighs, and with eyes forgetful

Weeps that no loves endure.

QUESTION: What mood do the details in the poem convey?

• Wastefulness and excess

• Happiness

• Sadness and despair

• Mistrust

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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!

• Calm

• Annoyed

• Scary

• Excited

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which tone is represented in the following passage?

She delicately placed the cooing baby on a soft, freshly cleaned blanket.

• Calm

• Annoyed

• Scary

• Excited

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which tone is represented in the following passage?

As that hurricane threatened, the wind's blast caused angry fifteen-foot waves to crash over the small houses near the shore.

• Calm

• Annoyed

• Scary

• Excited

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which tone is represented in the following passage?

Ugh! Do I have to sit through another boring lecture on data entry again?

• Calm

• Annoyed

• Scary

• Excited

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the tone of the following passage?

The alarm buzzed. Jordan smashed her fist down on it--hard. It flew off the nightstand and bounced off her cat, Armstrong. The cat yowled indignantly and rocketed out the room.

• Eerie

• Sarcastic

• Passionate

• Humorous

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

How would you characterize the tone of the following sentence:

"I won the game fair and square — and I'll fight anyone who says differently!"

• Delighted

• Angry

• Bored

• Deceitful

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the tone of the following sentence?

"'Here we go again,' he moaned, as he watched the other team score yet another goal."

• Joy

• Fury

• Excitement

• Frustration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4