Vocab Meaning
Word Forms
Examples
Mood
Tone
100

This word means harmless.
 

Answer: What is innocuous?

100

What is the adjective form of idiosyncrasy?
 

 Answer: What is idiosyncratic?

100

“This comment caused no offense.”
 

 Answer: What is innocuous?

100

Mood describes how the ___ feels.
 

 Answer: Who is the reader?

100

Tone shows the author’s ___.

 Answer: What is attitude?

200

A unique personal habit or trait.
 

 Answer: What is idiosyncrasy?

200

What is the noun form of prevalent?
 

 Answer: What is prevalence?

200

“Talking to yourself is a strange personal habit.”
 

 Answer: What is idiosyncrasy?

200

Dark clouds, silence, and an empty street create this mood.
 

 Answer: What is gloomy?

200

A tone that mocks or makes fun of something.
 

 Answer: What is sarcastic?

300

This word means dull or ordinary.
 

 Answer: What is prosaic?

300

What is the verb form of obtrusive?
 

 Answer: What is obtrude?

300

“The lecture was boring and plain.”
 

 Answer: What is prosaic?

300

Happy, tense, and creepy are examples of this.
 

 Answer: What is mood?

300

Serious, playful, and angry are examples of this.
 

 Answer: What is tone?

400

Noticeable in an annoying or unwanted way.
 

 Answer: What is obtrusive?

400

What is the noun form of quaint?
 

 Answer: What is quaintness?

400

“The loud music interrupted everyone.”
 

 Answer: What is obtrusive?

400

What helps create mood in a text?
 

 Answer: What are setting, imagery, and word choice?

400

Tone is revealed mostly through what?
 

 Answer: What is word choice?

500

A word meaning overused and unoriginal.
 

 Answer: What is trite?

500

What is the noun form of trite?
 

 Answer: What is triteness?

500

“The speech was full of clichés.”
 

 Answer: What is trite?

500

This mood makes the reader feel nervous or worried.
 

 Answer: What is tense?

500

Who controls the tone of a text?
 

 Answer: Who is the author?

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