Word Bank
Mood and Tone
Tone and Mood
Positive Negative or Neutral/ Imagery
Vocabulary
100
(choose either mood or tone) Amused is an example of...
What is Tone
100

The author does not show emotion or bias in their writing.

What is Objective tone?

100
Does tone deal with the author or the reader?
What is Author
100

Organize by Negative, Neutral, Positive: mob, a large group, gathering

Negative: Mob Neutral: A large group Positive: Gathering

100

A inclination toward or against one side of an argument. 

What is Bias?

200
(choose either mood or tone) Suspenseful is an example of...
What is Mood
200
“The river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on.” - Charles Dickens; Pickwick Papers Figure out the mood of this passage.
What is calm, serene, non-violent, peaceful... (answers may vary)
200
True or False: Tone has something to do with how you feel as a reader.
What is false
200

Organize by Negative, Neutral, Positive: beast, pet, animal

Negative: beast Neutral: animal Positive: pet

200

The dictonary definition of a word.

What is denotation?

300
(choose either mood or tone) Happy is an example of...
What is Mood
300
“There was no moon, and everything beneath lay in misty darkness: not a light gleamed from any house, far or near all had been extinguished long ago: and those at Wuthering Heights were never visible…” - Emily Bronte; Wuthering Heights Figure out the mood of the passage.
What is depressing, gloomy, eery... ( answer may vary)
300
read the passage then identify the tone. " Just look at The Titanic. The captain said, 'Even God can't sink this ship'. Then, on it's first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, boom, it hit an iceberg and sank..."
What is sarcastic. It gives a humorous attitude inspite of a tragedy.
300

Choose which sentence shows imagery. 1.The short girl with blonde hair trotted happily into the cow house at the fair, when a man slipped and knocked her strawberry ice cream onto the floor. 2.The girl dropped her ice cream at the fair when a man caused it to fall.

What is number 1

300

antonyms to painful

What is soothing, painless, delightful, pleasant

400
(choose either mood or tone) Ironic is an example of...
What is Tone
400
define mood
What is the feeling a piece of literature causes the reader to have, the overall feeling of a passage, or the dominant impression or emotional atmosphere evoked by the text. (anything close to this will be acceptable.)
400
Tone refers to the author's ________ toward a character, subject or audience. Fill in the blank
What is attitude
400
Choose which sentence shows imagery. 1. He stood on top the mountain. 2. The man tiredly stood on top of the the two-mile high mountain joyously, as he thought about his new achievement.
What is number 2
400

The implied or emotional meaning of a word is the word's ________________.

connotation

500
List one word that can describe mood, and one word that can describe tone (answers may vary)
What is ... (answers may vary)
500
write a short sentence evoking a mood of either warm or worried
What is... warm: The girl cuddled up in a book next to the fire, with a cup of hot cocoa containing seven little marshmallows, making the shape of a smiley face. worried: The man chewed at the end of his pencil, unsure the answer to the final question of his SAT, which could cause him to either pass or fail. *note* these are just examples, answers may vary.
500
two indicators of tone
What is dialogue and description
500
Choose which sentence shows imagery. 1. She looked at the mall overjoyed, as she was ready for her spring shopping spree. 2. She went to the mall for a shopping spree.
What is number 1
500

Little Skylark

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