Tone Analysis

Tone Analysis

6th - 8th Grade

8 Qs

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Tone Analysis

Tone Analysis

Assessment

Quiz

English

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.5.4, RL.6.4, RL.7.4

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Margaret Anderson

FREE Resource

8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The feeling created in the reader by the writer is called ________.
mood
tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The author's attitude toward the subject matter is called ________.
mood
tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image
The tone of this excerpt can be best described as:
grim or serious
playful and silly
sarcastic 
uncertain

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image
Which word from this excerpt does NOT contribute to the tone?
cramped
glumly
folded
smelly

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image
Identify an example of imagery that helps create the tone.
"...so she would not be forgotten."
"The Baudelaire orphans went to the bedroom..."
"Klaus looked distastefully at each ugly shirt Mrs. Poe had bought for him..."
"Violet looked around..."

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Media Image
The tone of this passage can be best described as:
amused
confused
angry and hurt
cold and distant

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Media Image
Which of these words DO NOT contribute to the tone?
scream
rage
boiling
repeatedly

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image
An example of imagery that helps create this tone is:
"a tightly-strung bow"
"I don't know what else"
"accusations leveled at me repeatedly"
"I mustn't show it"

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4