Mood and Tone STAAR Review

Match the following

• how the author feels

• flashback

• the feeling created in the story

• illustrate

• to make clear by describing in order for the reader to be able to picture it

• Foreshadowing

• a scene in a movie, novel, drama, set in a time earlier that the main story.

• tone

• Occurs when the author provides hints that suggest future events in the story

• mood

What change should be made to line 2?

• Change Self-help to Self help

• change our to your

• change temperitures to temperatures

• no change is needed

The feeling or atmosphere created in the reader by a literary work or passage is know as...

• surface

• tone

• mood

• vibe

A reflection of a writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work is known as...

• characterization

• tone

• point of view

• mood

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

• Bitter

• Respectful

• Objective

• Humorous

Which term best describes the tone of this passage?

• Bitter

• Respectful

• Objective

• Humorous

Dear Mrs. Collins,
     I absolutely LOVE your books! You are my favorite author of all time.  I read The Hunger Games trilogy in one week!  I want to be an author someday, and I hope that I can be as inspiring as you are.
-Jayda
Which word best describes the tone of this note?

• silly

• relaxed

• adoring

• confident

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

• Humorous

• Persuasive

• Anxious

• Cheerful

The tone is a ________ or speaker's attitude toward a subject.

• reader's

• audience

• writer's

The tone of a passage is:

• the general feeling created by the writer.

• the length of the selection.

• the type of selection.

• the lesson given in the selection.