Tone and Mood

Which word best describes the tone of the sentence below?

The stunning poem that opens this lovely collection is rich with imagery and language.

• admiring

• bitter

• sad

• hopeful

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What is tone?

• where and when a story takes place

• the author's reason for writing a story

• the author's attitude toward the story

• how the story makes you feel

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Which of the following is not a kind of negative tone?

• angry

• cynical

• harsh

• excited

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The tone in the quote is...

• melancholic

• depressing

• motivational

• pessimistic

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The mood in this passage is...

"My enemy was making his way down the hall, bursting open door after door. I needed to break through this window in two tries to make it out in time."

• cheerful

• scary

• sad

• pessimistic

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The best word to describe the mood in this picture is...

• calm

• peaceful

• depressing

• optimistic

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The words that determine the tone in this passage are...

"although I had tried hard and had followed the steps of the scientific method, my experiment didn't work. I dragged myself into class and slouched in my seat, not raising my hand

• experiment, science

• method, class

• dragged, slouched

• raising hand

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Which term means "the writer's attitude?

• mood

• tone

• point of view

• feeling

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Mood is...

• the feeling a text gives to readers.

• the attitude of the writer

• the point of view

• the genre of a text

The mood in this passage is...

"My enemy was making his way down the hall, bursting open door after door. I needed to break through this window in two tries to make it out in time."

• cheerful

• scary

• sad

• pessimistic

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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