Tone & Mood Review

What is TONE?

• Where and when a story takes place

• The author's reason for writing a story

• The author's attitude towards a subject

• How a story makes you feel

What is MOOD?

• Where and when a story takes place

• The author's reason for writing a story

• The author's attitude toward a subject

• How a story makes you feel

Which word has a negative connotation?

• excited

• cheerful

• stubborn

• confident

Which word DOES NOT have a negative conntation?

• angry

• harsh

• critical

• enthusiastic

Which passage below has a whimsical tone?

(*whimsical = playfully quaint in an amusing way)

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

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

• 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.

Which passage below has the most uneasy tone?

• There were no shops on this wide street that he was walking along, only a line of tall houses on each side, all of them identical.

• The room itself, so far as he could see in the half-darkness, was filled with pleasant furniture.

• The back was hard and cold, and when he pushed the hair to one side with his fingers, he could see the skin underneath, greyish-black...

• After all, she was not only harmless - there was no question about that - but she was also quite obviously a kind and generous soul.

Which words and phrases best show the sentimental tone in the passage below?

I got out of the old car and took a few halting steps up the driveway. A cloud of warmth drifted out of the window and embraced me like a comforting hug. I knew that smell: fresh bread that Papa had just taken from the oven. I heard the familiar pitch of his whistle as he slowly stirred tomato soup on the stovetop. I ran to open the screen door because, now, I knew where I was. I was home.

• 
  "warmth," "comforting hug" and "home"

• 
  "car," "tomato soup" and "door"

• "old," "halting" and "out the window"

• "driveway," "screen door" and "slowly stirred"

Which word best describes the tone of the sentence below?

The stunning poem that opens this lovely collection is rich with imagery and language.

• Sad

• Admiring

• Bitter

• Hopeful

Which word best describes the tone of the passage below?

I never wanted to see that movie, but my annoying little sister kept pestering me. Eventually, her whining wore me down, and I gave in. But that waste of a movie really destroyed my Saturday.

• Admiring

• Sad

• Bitter

• Hopeful

Which words and phrases from the sentence below best shows you the bitter tone?

That waste of a movie really destroyed my Saturday.

• 
  "waste" and "destroyed"

• 
  "that" and "my"

• "movie" and "of a"

• 
  "really" and "Saturday"