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poem

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?
a)
Bitter
b)
Respectful
c)
Objective
d)
Humorous
2.

What is mood?

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.

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

4.
"Folks were prickly and fearful. Loyalist shopkeepers had been tarred and feathered by angry mobs and their shops destroyed. Each day dawned hotter than the one before" (106). 
What is the mood of the passage?
a)
romantic
b)
sorrowful
c)
joyful
d)
suspenseful
5.
"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? 
a)
informal
b)
happy
c)
serious
d)
optomistic
6.

My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is a weathered shoot;

My heart is like an apple-tree

Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea;

My heart is gladder than all these

Because my love is come to me.


What mood do the details of the poem convey?

a)

Sorrow

b)

Happiness

c)

Excitement

d)

Nervousness

7.

Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!


Which tone is represented in the following passage?

a)

Calm

b)

Annoyed

c)

Scary

d)

Excited

8.

My annoying brother likes to drive me crazy. There is no other who is that lazy. He whines to Mom and Dad night and day, until he eventually gets his way. What is a sister to do, when he screams 'til he's blue? There is no way to win, for he gets under your skin. He does his best to kill all joy. Oh, how my brother does annoy!


What is the tone?

a)

frustrated

b)

humorous

c)

depressed

d)

happy

9.

The night it happened was one we will never forget. The wind was screeching outside as rain pounded against the window. We had lost electricity hours ago and had nothing but candles to light the house. The battery powered radio we had was broadcasting a warning to lock your doors and stay inside; there was a killer on the loose.


What is the mood of the passage?

a)

joyful

b)

sad

c)

scary

d)

lonely

10.

How might you describe the tone of the man in the bowtie?

a)

Calm

b)

Sassy

c)

Angry

d)

Ronald

11.

What mood would you associate with this picture?

a)

Joy

b)

Anger

c)

Fear

d)

Sadness

12.

What mood would you associate it with this picture?

a)

Joy

b)

Sadness

c)

Anger

d)

Mr. Kalnoske when kids don't think Taylor Swift is the best artist ever

13.

What is the tone of the picture?

a)

cheerful

b)

Witty

c)

Suspicious

d)

Angry

14.

The mood of the this picture is _

a)

amused

b)

cheerful

c)

joyful

d)

melancholy

15.
City Autumn By Joseph Moncure March
   The air breathes frost. A thin wind beats
Old dust and papers down gray streets
And blows brown leaves with curled-up edges
At frightened sparrows on window ledges.
What is the mood?
a)
joyful
b)
annoyed
c)
gloomy
d)
puzzled
16.

Dreams, by Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

What is the mood?

a)

hopeful

b)

ironic

c)

tense

d)

happy

17.
a)
The mood is sorrowful
b)
the mood is fearful
c)
the mood is humorous
d)
the mood is apprehensive
18.

Which of these seem gloomy?

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.
_________ is the feeling the reader gets as he/she reads the text.
a)
mood
b)
tone
20.
The author's attitude or feelings towards the writing and the readers is the ________.
a)
mood
b)
tone