WorksheetsMood and tone
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
Which passage below has the most critical tone?
On the train, the man slowly clipped his fingernails. He focused on the task, beginning with his pinky finger and finishing with his thumb.
On the train, the tired, old man began clipping his fingernails. He was trying to distract himself from his loneliness by focusing on this one small task, moving from pinky to thumb.
The man—right in the middle of the crowded train—began to clip his long, yellow fingernails. He did it slowly, as if he didn't even care that a dozen other people could see and hear him.
The man on the train clipped his fingernails. It took him 2 minutes and 8 seconds. He started on his pinky and finished with his thumb. When he was finished, he put the clippers back into his jacket pocket.
Read this sentence from Paragraph 2.
It also forces teachers to spend precious time at the beginning of each school year reviewing lessons that had been forgotten over the summer.
Which pair of words BEST describes the tone created by the author's use of language in the sentence?
nervous and fearful
annoyed and critical
infuriated and offended
distressed and bewildered
Which words from the poem add tension to the mood?
haunted and darkened
autumn and harvest
sleepy and little
maple and oak
Mood Evoked: My heart felt as light as a feather as I reached my warm holiday destination.
Ominous
Gloomy
Frightening
Joyous
Goodbuy or Goodbye
What is the "tone" of a story?
The feeling the passage evokes from the reader.
The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject.
The time and place of the story.
The summary of events in the story.
Identify the author’s tone in the following sentence:
“The new policy implemented by the company demonstrates a commitment to sustainability and environmental responsibility.”
A) Sarcastic
B) Positive
C) Dismissive
D) Ambivalent
Which tone is represented in the following?
Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!
calm
annoyed
scary
excited
What is the tone?
"I'm sure I failed, she thought as she anxiously chewed at a fingernail, both legs bouncing up and down as she waited to hear the results of her driving test."
Nervous
Sad
Whimsical
Which sentence has a NEGATIVE CONNOTATION?
¿Qué oración tiene una CONNOTACIÓN NEGATIVA?
“The curious student looked over his friend's shoulder to see what he was doing.”
“El estudiante curioso miró por encima del hombro de su amigo para ver qué estaba haciendo”.
“The nosy student looked over his friend's shoulder to see what he was doing.”
“El estudiante entrometido miró por encima del hombro de su amigo para ver qué estaba haciendo”.
“The curious student looked over his friend's shoulder to see what he was doing.”
“El estudiante curioso miró por encima del hombro de su amigo para ver qué estaba haciendo”.
“The nosy student looked over his friend's shoulder to see what he was doing.”
“El estudiante entrometido miró por encima del hombro de su amigo para ver qué estaba haciendo”.
Which of the following is NOT an example of an adjective that can describe the atmosphere or mood?
Scary
Dreamy
Happy
Character
Choose the best definition for tone.
The word choices and punctuation.
The narrative's time and place.
The writer's attitude toward the topic, character, and/or audience.
Mr. Larson discusses positive, negative, and neutral words with his class. Select only the negative words below. There may be more than one correct answer.
meaningless
beautiful
smart
dumb
beneficial
What is the mood of this sentence?
What is the relationship between the mood of a piece of writing, and the reader of that piece?
Mood is the relationship the reader develops with the author of a piece of writing.
Mood is the knowledge the reader gains from a piece of writing.
Mood is the feeling the reader gets from a piece of writing.
Mood is the amount of sympathy the reader feels for the characters within a piece of writing.
Which of the following is an example of a formal tone?
A casual conversation
A business letter
A text message
A personal diary
What is the tone of this passage:
The team had trained hard, worked hard, and played hard. Now they were earning the attention they deserved. Each player was among the best in the country. These were students who deserved nothing but praise for al lof their work.
Proud
Super Ronald
Reassuring
Romantic
Which of the following is an example of a gloomy mood?
Option B: Feeling excited and energetic
Option C: Feeling sad and hopeless
Option A: Feeling happy and optimistic
Option D: Feeling calm and peaceful
