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What is the "mood" of  a story?

• Emotions audience feels from a given passage.
• The time and place of the story.
• The summary of events of the story.
• The lesson the reader learns from the story.

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

• Enthusiastic
• Serious
• Mocking
• Sorrowful

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making fun of; teasing

• sincere
• cynical
• amused
• mocking

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Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Joe’s boots broke the forest’s silence. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. Tree shadows illuminated the snow drifts in its shimmering light. Joe shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through his jacket.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Imagery
• Irony

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The door swings open to reveal a Christmas tree, alone in the middle of the room, sparkling with hundreds of lights. Silence greets me as I glance around the room.  The fireplace is empty and the snow storm howls outside the window. My family has gone and I am left alone with my thoughts.
The mood is: 

• silent
• boring
• lonely
• angry

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Which word creates a nostalgic tone?
Abshu wished that his own family could have
stayed together. There were four of them who ended up
in foster care: him, two younger sisters, and a baby
brother. He understood why his mother did what she
did, but he couldn't help wondering if there might have been a better way.

• understood
• wished
• together
• foster care

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When they entered the front door, the hallway reeked of bleach and disinfectant.

• smell

• touch

• taste

• sight

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“Meg knelt at her mother’s feet. The warmth and light of the kitchen had relaxed her so that her attic fears were gone. The cocoa steamed fragrantly in the saucepan; geraniums bloomed on the window sills and there was a bouquet of tiny yellow chrysanthemums in the center of the table. The curtains, red, with a blue and green geometrical pattern were drawn and seemed to reflect their cheerfulness throughout the room. The furnace purred like a great, sleepy animal; the lights glowed with steady radiance…” (16)

• Harsh

• Comforting

• Excited

• Spooky

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Which statement is more formal?

• Hannah was sick, but she got over it.

• Hannah recovered from her illness.

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Our street was once a peaceful place

Kids played and you could jog

But our tranquil life was shattered

When the neighbour got a dog.

The thing would howl all through the day

And even after dark

And just as you tried to go to sleep...

The mongrel thing would bark.

What is the tone of the poem?

• satisfied

• annoyed

• frightened

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