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Tone and Mood

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

Which word best describes the tone of the sentence below?


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

a)

admiring

b)

bitter

c)

sad

d)

hopeful

2.

What is tone?

a)

where and when a story takes place

b)

the author's reason for writing a story

c)

the author's attitude toward the story

d)

how the story makes you feel

3.

Which of the following is not a kind of negative tone?

a)

angry

b)

cynical

c)

harsh

d)

excited

4.

The tone in the quote is...

a)

melancholic

b)

depressing

c)

motivational

d)

pessimistic

5.

The mood in this passage is...

"My enemy was making his way down the hall, bursting open door after door. I needed to break through this window in two tries to make it out in time."

a)

cheerful

b)

scary

c)

sad

d)

pessimistic

6.

The best word to describe the mood in this picture is...

a)

calm

b)

peaceful

c)

depressing

d)

optimistic

7.

The words that determine the tone in this passage are...


"although I had tried hard and had followed the steps of the scientific method, my experiment didn't work. I dragged myself into class and slouched in my seat, not raising my hand

a)

experiment, science

b)

method, class

c)

dragged, slouched

d)

raising hand

8.

Which term means "the writer's attitude?

a)

mood

b)

tone

c)

point of view

d)

feeling

9.

Mood is...

a)

the feeling a text gives to readers.

b)

the attitude of the writer

c)

the point of view

d)

the genre of a text

10.

The mood in this passage is...

"My enemy was making his way down the hall, bursting open door after door. I needed to break through this window in two tries to make it out in time."

a)

cheerful

b)

scary

c)

sad

d)

pessimistic