WorksheetsMood and Tone Review - English 8
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 37mins
Tone can best described as
attitude of the reader
the overall mood or feeling in a story
the author's attitude toward his writing
reader's point of view
To remember what tone is, some good tricks are:
AA-author's attitude
parent saying: "don't give me that tone"
imagining the author's facial expression as he writes
all of these are true
mood is created by...
setting
images
dialogue
events
Mood is also called...
boring
emotion
tone
atmosphere
Choose the positive mood woods...
cheerful
gloomy
suspenseful
lighthearted
“They were standing in a sunlit field, and the air about them was moving with the delicious fragrance that comes only on the rarest of spring days when the sun’s touch is gentle and the apple blossoms are just beginning to unfold.” (67)
Peaceful
Suspenseful
scared
Exciting
“Meg knelt at her mother’s feet. The warmth and light of the kitchen had relaxed her so that her attic fears were gone. The cocoa steamed fragrantly in the saucepan; geraniums bloomed on the window sills and there was a bouquet of tiny yellow chrysanthemums in the center of the table. The curtains, red, with a blue and green geometrical pattern were drawn and seemed to reflect their cheerfulness throughout the room. The furnace purred like a great, sleepy animal; the lights glowed with steady radiance…” (16)
Harsh
Comforting
Excited
Spooky
There go the loves that wither [dry up],
The old loves with wearier wings;
And all dead years draw thither [there] And disastrous things;
Dead dreams of days forsaken, Blind buds that snows have shaken, Wild leaves that winds have taken,
Red strays of ruined springs. ... And love, grown faint and fretful
With lips but half regretful Sighs, and with eyes forgetful Weeps that no loves endure [last].
QUESTION: In the first two lines, what images does the speaker use to describe love?
The alarm buzzed. Jordan smashed her fist down on it--hard. It flew off the nightstand and bounced off her cat, Armstrong. The cat yowled indignantly and rocketed out the room.
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!"
Authors create a TONE or MOOD in their stories by showing emotion through ________.
sound
grammar
words
emojis
A warm fire crackled in the fireplace, and the chairs gathered around it were large and soft. A deep, luxurious carpet greeted cold toes with a comforting embrace, while the huge pillows thrown about the floor suggested it would be okay to stretch out for a while to warm up.
What word best describes the mood of this passage?
welcoming
tense
silly
cold
The climbers approached the top of the mountain. Some of them were doubled over with exhaustion, seeming to claw at the air to pull themselves forward. They brushed away the falling snow. One by one they slipped and fell on the ice. Yet, one by one they pulled themselves up and continued onward.
What word best describes the mood of this passage?
frustrated
determined
relieved
“Meg knelt at her mother’s feet. The warmth and light of the kitchen had relaxed her so that her attic fears were gone. The cocoa steamed fragrantly in the saucepan; geraniums bloomed on the window sills and there was a bouquet of tiny yellow chrysanthemums in the center of the table. The curtains, red, with a blue and green geometrical pattern were drawn and seemed to reflect their cheerfulness throughout the room. The furnace purred like a great, sleepy animal; the lights glowed with steady radiance…” (16)
Harsh
Comforting
Excited
Spooky
She hesitated, listening for sounds of the creature. The forest seemed empty, but she could sense something else out there. Something watching and waiting. What is the mood of the passage?
romantic
depressing
joyful
suspenseful
