Mood, Tone, Adjectives

Tone can best described as

• attitude of the reader

• the overall mood or feeling in a story

• the author's attitude toward his writing

• reader's point of view

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The tone and mood of a text can be very different

• true
• false

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CCSS.RL.8.4

if an author has no emotion regarding the story he is telling, his tone can be described as

• playful
• objective
• ironic
• mysterious

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CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

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.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which word describes the son's tone in the following dialogue?

Father: "We are going to Disney World!"

Son: "Yay!!!!"

• uninterested

• annoyed

• thrilled

• frustrated

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CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.4

How do the authors of books (writers) create tone?

• word choice and punctuation

• music and punctuation

• movies and music

• exclamation marks and costumes

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the tone of the following text?

"I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you slink away!" (108).

• angry

• estatic

• pleased

• dishonest

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CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.4

Today was Wendell's birthday. He barely slept last night. He jumped out of bed and ran downstairs to the smell of pancakes cooking.

What would Wendell's mood be on his birthday?

• Fearful

• Distant

• Crazy

• joyful

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

Tone can best described as

• attitude of the reader
• the overall mood or feeling in a story
• the words an author chooses to use
• reader's point of view

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A warm fire crackled in the fireplace, and the chairs gathered around it were large and soft. A deep, luxurious carpet greeted cold toes with a comforting embrace, while the huge pillows thrown about the floor suggested it would be okay to stretch out for a while to warm up.

What word best describes the mood of this passage?

• welcoming

• tense

• silly

• cold

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CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.4