"Scary Stories for Young Foxes" Setting, Tone, and Mood

Match the following types of conflict to their definition.

• Individual vs. Nature

• An individual or group is fighting against an unjust law or standard

• Individual vs. Supernatural

• An individual against an animal, natural disaster, etc. Somebody is trying to survive.

• Individual vs. Technology

• An individual is against something extraterrestrial or magical

• Individual vs. Society

• An individual against machines, robots, or anything manmade

• individual vs. individual

• One individual against another individual

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

There is only one type of INTERNAL conflict. Which is it?

• Individual vs. Nature

• Individual vs. Self

• Individual vs. Individual

• Individual vs. Society

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

An individual vs. self (internal) conflict is when ...

• An individual has to make a tough decision / decide what is the right thing to do.

• An individual is fighting a disease inside them.

• An individual is fighting a mental illness inside their own head.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Match the following

• Mood

• The words an author chooses to create tone and mood.

• Word Choice

• The feeling the author is trying to create in the reader.

• Tone

• The author's attitude toward the text's subject. (how the narrator might read something)

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

His teacher came sprinting around the trunk, fangs bared, drool streaming, gooey eyes fixed on him.

Roa's paws kneaded the moss. "I give up, Miss Vix!"

Still she came. Her cobwebbed breath. Her bloodied paw. Her yellow stench.

"I fail!" Roa shouted at her. "I don't pass! I ... don't want to do this anymore!"

In the passage above, what mood (feeling) is the author trying to create in the reader?

• scary

• calm

• playful

• depressed

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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

His teacher came sprinting around the trunk, fangs bared, drool streaming, gooey eyes fixed on him.

Roa's paws kneaded the moss. "I give up, Miss Vix!"

Still she came. Her cobwebbed breath. Her bloodied paw. Her yellow stench.

"I fail!" Roa shouted at her. "I don't pass! I ... don't want to do this anymore!"

Which words in the passage above contribute to the mood? Select all that apply.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

His teacher came sprinting around the trunk, fangs bared, drool streaming, gooey eyes fixed on him.

Roa's paws kneaded the moss. "I give up, Miss Vix!"

Still she came. Her cobwebbed breath. Her bloodied paw. Her yellow stench.

"I fail!" Roa shouted at her. "I don't pass! I ... don't want to do this anymore!"

The passage above is an example of which type of conflict?

• Individual vs. nature

• individual vs. society

• individual vs. self

• individual vs. individual

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

As his teacher's shadow swept over him, he slipped off the back side of the tumbled oak, plopped to the ground, and bolted toward the den faster than he thought possible. He heard the crunch of Miss Vix's paws on the trunk behind him as she landed and then leapt again. When he sensed her shadow in his left whiskers, his legs swiveled and shot him to the right.

The tone of the passage above is ​ (a)   .

• suspenseful
• cheerful
• informative
• bored

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

As his teacher's shadow swept over him, he slipped off the back side of the tumbled oak, plopped to the ground, and bolted toward the den faster than he thought possible. He heard the crunch of Miss Vix's paws on the trunk behind him as she landed and then leapt again. When he sensed her shadow in his left whiskers, his legs swiveled and shot him to the right.

Which words and/or phrases from the text contribute to the passage's tone?

• bolted; faster than he thought possible, his legs swiveled and shot him to the right

• teacher's shadow, left whiskers, plopped, trunk

• he, the, on, his, then, than

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

He tried to think of the most tangled space he knew of.

This is an example of an ​ (a)   conflict.

• internal
• external

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3