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_________ is the feeling the reader gets as he/she reads the text.

• mood
• tone

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Authors set a TONE or MOOD in literature by conveying an emotion or emotions through ________.

• pictures
• height
• words
• funny faces

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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!"

• Annoying
• Excited
• Calm
• Scary

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What mood do the words convey:
Aggravated 
Enraged
Violent

• Exciting
• Angry
• Boring
• Happy

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Cold rain fell all day making it a DISMAL Saturday afternoon.

• gloomy
• adventurous
• bright
• busy

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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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Which connotation is MORE negative?
I didn't like the ______ on Patrick's face.

• grin
• smirk

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“It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened.  No. Wrong word, Jonas thought.” What does the author suggest by this opening line?

• The precision of emotion is important.
• Jonas is confused.
• Jonas is not frightened.
• Fear is a bad thing in Jonas' community.

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What's the mood?

• imperative

• subjunctive

• interrogative

• conditional

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Which statement is more formal?

• When she saw my grades, my mother became very angry.

• When she saw my grades, my mom threw a fit.

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