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Tone, Connotation/Denotation

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following tones best fits the example given?


“Not with that face, I would not take you nowhere,” said the woman. “Here I am trying to get home to cook me a bite to eat and you snatch my pocketbook! Maybe, you ain’t been to your supper either, late as it be. Have you?”

a)

Inquisitive/Questioning

b)

Absurd/Comedic

c)

Insensitive

d)

Regretful/Wistful

2.

Which of the following tones best fits the example given?


“But you put yourself in contact with me,” said the woman. “If you think that that contact is not going to last awhile, you got another thought coming. When I get through with you, sir, you are going to remember Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones.”

a)

Inquisitive/Questioning

b)

Thoughtful/Considerate

c)

Sassy

d)

Earnest

3.

Which of the following tones best fits the example given?


“Good-night! Behave yourself, boy!” she said, looking out into the street.

a)

Adoring

b)

Formal/Serious

c)

Thoughtful/Considerate

d)

Inquisitive/Questioning

4.

Which of the following tones best fits the example given?


“Pick up my pocketbook, boy, and give it here.” She still held him. But she bent down enough to permit him to stoop and pick up her purse. Then she said, “Now ain’t you ashamed of yourself?”

a)

Judgemental/Accusatory

b)

Absurd/Comedic

c)

Rebellious

d)

Disgusted

5.

Which of the following tones best fits the example given?


"Mine is a long and a sad tale!" said the Mouse, turning to Alice, and sighing. "It is a long tail, certainly," said Alice, looking down with wonder at the Mouse's tail; "but why do you call it sad?" And she kept on puzzling about it while the Mouse was speaking."

a)

Adoring

b)

Absurd/Comedic

c)

Earnest

d)

Regretful/Wistful

6.

Which of the following tones best fits the example given?


When the curtains opened on the first talent show act, the student on the stage stood alone. Suddenly, the auditorium filled with the cheers of her best friends: “You can do it! We believe in you! We’re your biggest fans!”

a)

Formal/Serious

b)

Earnest

c)

Adoring

d)

Gloomy

7.

Which of the following tones best fits the example given?


The woman said, "Um-hum! You thought I was going to say but, didn’t you? You thought I was going to say, but I didn’t snatch people’s pocketbooks. Well, I wasn’t going to say that." Pause. Silence. "I have done things, too, which I would not tell you, son—neither tell God, if he didn’t already know. So you set down while I fix us something to eat. You might run that comb through your hair so you will look presentable."

a)

Sassy

b)

Earnest

c)

Confident

d)

Triumphant

8.

Which of the following tones best fits the example given?


I started my letter with “To whom it may concern,” then continued to list my objections to the homework assignment. My letter ended with “Respectfully, your entire 5th grade class.”

a)

Formal/Serious

b)

Insensitive

c)

Regretful/Wistful

d)

Jubilant

9.

Which of the following tones best fits the example given?


“Rachel,” Mrs. Price says. She says it like she’s getting mad. “You put that sweater on right now and no more nonsense.”

a)

Confident

b)

Disgusted

c)

Insensitive

d)

Rebellious

10.

Which of the following tones best fits the example given?


Only today I wish I didn’t have only eleven years rattling inside me like pennies in a tin Band-Aid box. Today I wish I was one hundred and two instead of eleven because if I was one hundred and two I’d have known what to say when Mrs. Price put the red sweater on my desk.

a)

Regretful/Wistful

b)

Confident

c)

Absurd/Comedic

d)

Earnest

11.

Which of the following tones best fits the example given?


I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire / 'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar / Louder, louder than a lion / 'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar

a)

Adoring

b)

Jubilant

c)

Rebellious

d)

Confident

12.

Which of the following tones best fits the example given?


It’s an ugly sweater with red plastic buttons and a collar and sleeves all stretched out like you could use it for a jump rope. It’s maybe a thousand years old and even if it belonged to me I wouldn’t say so.

a)

Gloomy

b)

Formal/Serious

c)

Disgusted

d)

Earnest

13.

Which of the following tones best fits the example given?


It might seem crazy what I'm about to say / Sunshine she's here, you can take a break / I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space / With the air, like I don't care baby by the way

a)

Jubilant

b)

Rebellious

c)

Sassy

d)

Thoughtful/Considerate

14.

Which of the following tones best fits the example given?


The dog didn’t turn back as it jumped over the fence and ran out of the backyard. It ignored the commands of its owners and the growing group of people running behind, trying to catch it. This dog truly enjoyed its first taste of freedom.

a)

Disgusted

b)

Rebellious

c)

Absurd/Comedic

d)

Sassy

15.

Which of the following tones best fits the example given?


My shadow's the only one that walks beside me / My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating / Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me / 'Til then I walk alone

a)

Gloomy

b)

Triumphant

c)

Regretful/Wistful

d)

Insensitive

16.

Which of the following tones best fits the example given?


For I’se still goin’, honey, / I’se still climbin’, / And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.

a)

Triumphant

b)

Gloomy

c)

Earnest

d)

Inquisitive/Questioning

17.

Which word best describes the tone presented in this image?

a)

Regretful

b)

Gloomy

c)

Jubilant

d)

Earnest

18.

Which word best describes the tone presented in this image?

a)

Wistful

b)

Insensitive

c)

Absurd

d)

Earnest

19.

Which word best describes the tone presented in this image?

a)

Jubilant

b)

Sassy

c)

Thoughtful

d)

Adoring

20.

Which word best describes the tone presented in this image?

a)

Jubilant

b)

Sassy

c)

Rebellious

d)

Triumphant

21.

How would the connotation of this word be classified?


broken

a)

Positve

b)

Negative

22.

How would the connotation of this word be classified?


Flying

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

23.

How would the connotation of this word be classified?


drowning

a)

Positive

b)

Negative