WorksheetsFigurative Language/ Tone and Mood
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is mood?
a)
The feeling the reader gets from a story.
b)
The dialogue in a story.
c)
The author's attitude about a topic.
d)
A type of figurative language.
2.
What is tone in writing?
a)
The reader's attitude toward the subject.
b)
The author's attitude toward the subject.
c)
The reader's feelings about the subject.
d)
The sound that comes from a piano when you press a key.
3.
What is the tone of this image?
a)
elated
b)
appreciative
c)
accusing
d)
conceited
4.
What are some examples of tone? Choose all of the correct answers.
a)
Hostile
b)
Impersonal
c)
Objective
d)
pessimistic
5.
Mood is created by.... Choose all the correct answers.
a)
setting
b)
images
c)
dialogue
d)
events
6.
_________ is the author's attitude(or feelings) about the subject
a)
Tone
b)
Mood
c)
Speaker
d)
Author's Purpose
7.
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!"
"Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!"
a)
Annoying
b)
Excited
c)
Calm
d)
Scary
8.
"They plan to kill General Washington." He closed the book, set it on the floor, and leaned forward, his elbows on his knees. "Tell me all" (103).
What is the tone of the dialogue?
What is the tone of the dialogue?
a)
informal
b)
happy
c)
serious
d)
optomistic
9.
Today is very boring, it’s a very boring day, there is nothing much to look at, there is nothing much to say. There’s a peacock on my sneakers, there’s a penguin on my head, there’s a dormouse on my doorstep; I am going back to bed.
a)
bored
b)
tired
c)
fanciful
d)
exciting
10.
“Mrs. Whatsit continued to climb, her wings straining a little. Meg felt her heart racing; cold sweat began to gather on her face and her lips felt as though they were turning blue. She began to gasp."
Which words create the mood? Choose all the correct answers.
a)
Straining
b)
Heart racing
c)
Cold sweat
d)
Lips
e)
Gasp
11.
Which is an example of a simile?
a)
His room was a hurricane of a mess.
b)
His room looked as if a hurricane came through.
c)
A hurricane! AHHH!
d)
The hurricane screamed through the town.
12.
What is a metaphor?
a)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
b)
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
c)
A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
d)
An extreme exaggeration
13.
What is a hyperbole?
a)
An extreme exaggeration
b)
A little exaggeration
c)
Similar sounds
d)
Compares two things using like or as
14.
Which of the following is an example of personification?
a)
You are as a beautiful as a flower.
b)
The trees danced in the wind.
c)
I waited in line for 10 years!
d)
He is an encyclopedia of knowledge.
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