Tone Unit Quiz

1. What is tone?

• the attitude a writer takes toward a subject, a character, or the audience

• How the reader feels based off of the author's tone

• the series of related events that make up a story

• a kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

2. What is mood?

• the attitude a writer takes toward a subject, a character, or the audience

• How the reader feels based off of the author's tone

• the series of related events that make up a story

• a kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

3. What is diction?

• the attitude a writer takes toward a subject, a character, or the audience

• How the reader feels based off of the author's tone

• a writer's or speaker's choice of words

• the way in which words are put together to form sentences, phrases or clauses

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

4. What is syntax?

• the attitude a writer takes toward a subject, a character, or the audience

• How the reader feels based off of the author's tone

• a writer's or speaker's choice of words

• the way in which words are put together to form sentences, phrases or clauses

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

5. How can we identify tone?

• By looking at the author's description of the setting

• By looking at the author's word choice

• By looking at the author's syntax

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

6. What is Connotation?

• The cultural & emotional meaning of a word

• The dictionary definition of a word

• moment of great emotional intensity or suspense in a plot

• two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

7. What is Denotation?

• The cultural & emotional meaning of a word

• The dictionary definition of a word

• moment of great emotional intensity or suspense in a plot

• two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

8. What does tone do for a story?

• It emphasizes the reader's feelings towards the topic/subject of a story.

• It emphasizes the author's feelings towards the topic/ subject of a story.

• It emphasizes the theme of a story.

• It emphasizes the conflict of a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

9. Select ALL of the words below that have a negative connotation.

• amazing

• envious

• despicable

• satisfaction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

10. Select ALL of the words below that have a positive connotation.

• wonderful

• hatred

• obnoxious

• exhilarating

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4