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What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?

• Enthusiastic
• Serious
• Mocking
• Sorrowful

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What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?

• Ironic
• Informational
• Joyful
• Dramatic

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What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?

• Enthusiastic
• Serious
• Mocking
• Sorrowful

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Why do authors use sensory language?

• It is a way for a writer to help the reader see or connect with their story
• All stories must have sensory language or they become poems.
• without censorship, kids may be exposed to bad writing.
• nobody knows for sure, but it probably has to do with the STAAR test

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What mood do the words convey:
Quiet
Serene
Tranquil

• boring
• fun
• calm
• happy

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How a text makes you feel

• tone 
  
• point of view
  
• mood
  
• theme
  

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Which of the following best expresses the tone of the story before the sun appears?

• compassionate and peaceful
• playful and optimistic
• uninterested and passive
• anxious and desperate

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When writers use positive, vague words to convince readers of something, such as when a product is labeled "all natural," they are using ___________________  ____________________

• nostalgia
• ethos appeal
• glittering generalities

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The AUTHOR'S attitude or feelings towards the writing is the ________.

• mood
• tone
• consonance
• limerick

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Denotation is the actual definition of a word.

Connotation is the emotion that a word generates in addition to the actual meaning.You may have noticed that some words generate emotions for you. In that case, you are reacting to a word’s connotative meaning.

Determine if the song phrase evokes a positive, negative, or neutral connotation.

"Two deep, it's just me and Jay

Just postin in them court-side seats

Woo! I'm like hol' up

Woo! I might roll up

If they're tryna party with the queen

They gon' have to sign a non-disclosure, hey."

-Top Off, Jay-z, Future, Beyonce'

• positive connotation

• negative connotation

• neutral

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