Tone and Mood

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/subject

• how the story makes you feel

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

If a passages tone is playful, the author's attitude is...

• full of amusement, lighthearted.
• serious, non humorous.
• haunting, spooky.
• uncaring.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The definition of mood is

• the overall feelings or emotions in the writer.

• revising your writing so that it is free of errors.

• overall feelings or emotions that are created in the reader.

• working with a partner to check your writing.

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

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).

• pleased

• angry

• happy

• suspicious

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the tone of this passage?

The Crocodile by Lewis Carroll

How doth the little crocodile

Improve his shining tail,

And pour the waters of the Nile

On every golden scale.

How cheerfully he seems to grine,

How neatly spreads his claws,

And welcomes little fishes in,

with gently smiling jaws.

• bitter

• respectful

• objective

• humorous

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

Read the following poem, "A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti and answer the question below. 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 is come to me.

QUESTION: What tone 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.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

The monster produced a terrifying noise, and we tried hard not to scream and give away our hiding place. What is the "mood" set in this passage?

• serious

• scared

• angry

• happy

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the "mood" in this passage? The man—right in the middle of the crowded train—began to clip his long, yellow fingernails flicking them onto the floor. He did it slowly, as if he didn't even care that a dozen other people could see and hear him.

• cringe

• funny

• bored

• happy

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What mood would you associate it with this picture?

• Joy

• Sadness

• Anger

• Mr. Kalnoske when kids don't think Taylor Swift is the best artist ever

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What mood would you associate with this picture?

• Joy

• Anger

• Fear

• Sadness

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4