1.4 Tone RETAKE

What is tone?

Check all that apply.

• It is how the reader feels after reading the author's writing.

• It is portrayed through the author's word choice.

• It is the author's reason for writing.

• The author's attitude about their subject and readers

• The author's opinions about the topic.

What can help identify the tone?

• the author's feelings

• the author's word choice

• context clues

• the author's topic

How does the tone of the text connect to the author's purpose in writing the text?

• The tone impacts how the author presents the people and events in the writing.

• The tone has no impact on the author's purpose.

• The tone impacts emotions and feelings to help the author convey the text's purpose for writing.

• The tone impacts the storyline of the text only.

Which passage below has the most critical tone?

• On the train, the man slowly clipped his fingernails. He focused on the task beginning with his pinky finger and finishing with this thumb.

• The man--right in the middle of the crowded train--began to clip his long, yellow fingernails. He did it slowly, as if he didn't even care that a dozen other people could see and hear him.

• On the train, the tired, old man began clipping his fingernails. He was trying to distract himself from his loneliness by focusing on this one small task, moving from his pinky to his thumb.

• The man on the train clipped his fingernails. It took him 2 minutes and 8 seconds. He started on his pinky and finished with his thumb. When he was finished, he put the clippers back into his jacket pocket.

Which passage has the most whimsical tone?

• The creature moved it sharp claws over the strange device, and the noise was loud and distracting.

• The creature played the instrument and we listened to the music it made.

• The monster produced a terrifying noise, and we tried hard not to scream and give away our hiding place.

• The lovely fairy danced her long fingers over the harp, and the music carried us gently into a trance.

Read the sentence and answer the question that follows:

I do not mean to diminish the importance of school, but to suggest that because school is so important, young people require time to relax so that they can be more productive while learning.

How does this sentence develop the author's purpose through its tone?

• by expressing his concerns more for a student's free time than education

• by showing the author's deep respect for education

• by demonstrating that the author has more concern for the teachers than the students

• by focusing on the author's own experiences an educator

Landfills are overflowing with garbage created by people who are too lazy to recycle single use plastic water bottles. Those individuals should purchase refillable water bottles or recycle the plastic bottles. It is easy to recycle and it is the responsible thing to do.

What words in this passage help reveal the author's tone?

Check all that apply.

• landfills

• lazy

• plastic water bottles

• recycle

• overflowing

Landfills are overflowing with garbage created by people who are too lazy to recycle single use plastic water bottles. Those individuals should purchase refillable water bottles or recycle the plastic bottles. It is easy to recycle and it is the responsible thing to do.

What is the author's tone in this passage?

• The author is simply making a suggestion to improve our landfills.

• The author is upset with the current situation at our landfills.

• The author is satisfied with how landfills are functioning.

Landfills are overflowing with garbage created by people who are too lazy to recycle single use plastic water bottles. Those individuals should purchase refillable water bottles or recycle the plastic bottles. It is easy to recycle and it is the responsible thing to do.

What is the author's purpose in writing this passage?

• The author wants people to see the need for simple changes that could improve the problems with landfills.

• The author is simply informing the readers of our choices with plastic water bottles.

• The author is annoyed at people for the choices they make with our environment and is expressing his complaints.