"We have some important news for you Mr. President. We have discovered a terrorist plot against the United States" said the CIA agent. The President closed the book, set it on the desk, and leaned forward, his eyes fixed straight ahead. "Tell me everything you know."

What is the tone of the dialogue?

What is the tone of the following text?

"I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you run away and hide, you coward!"

Just when I thought things could not get more ridiculous, Rebecca's little terrier, all dressed up in its knitted blue winter outfit, poked its head out of the pink polka dot doggy tote! The outfit was an odd sweater-and-hood combination. Perhaps Rebecca thought it flattered Fluffy's eyes. Fluffy looked around blankly, as if to ask what was so amusing.

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

Lana was bursting with excitement. She paced up and down, and every few minutes headed to the window to check for the mail carrier. When he finally showed up, she ran down the path and stretched out her hand for the mail. She took a deep breath and, hands shaking, ripped open the envelope.

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

Mood is determined by setting or atmosphere.

The door swings open to reveal all of my family members standing around the Christmas tree. The lights are twinkling and the fireplace is roaring with a warm fire. Everyone is singing Christmas carols as the snow falls quietly outside the window.

The mood is ...

The door swings open to reveal a Christmas tree, alone in the middle of the room, sparkling with hundreds of lights. Silence greets me as I glance around the room. The fireplace is empty and the snow storm howls outside the window. My family has gone and I am left alone with my thoughts.

The mood is ...

What is a simile?

In the sentence, "When the cat stalks his prey, he is a shadow," what two things are being compared?

What is a metaphor?

Which of the following is a metaphor?

My sister is like an angel in my life.

Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're going to get.

Dramatic Irony happens when ...

How does this photo show dramatic irony?

What is the tone of the following quote?

“Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves it’s own mark. To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.”

― Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Chapter 17

What is Gretchen Wiener's tone in this quote from Mean Girls?

"Brutus is just as smart as Caesar, people totally like Brutus just as much as they like Caesar, and when did it become okay for one person to be the boss of everybody because that's not what Rome is about! We should totally just STAB CAESAR!”

What mood is created by the following quote?

“Smells of dirt and wet and long-gone vegetables would merge into one unmistakable ineluctable smell, the smell of the monster, the apotheosis of all monsters. It was the smell of something for which he had no name: the smell of It, crouched and lurking and ready to spring. A creature which would eat anything but which was especially hungry for boymeat.”

—It, Stephen King

My brother was boiling mad.