Tone
Mood
Author's Purpose
Central Idea
Point of View
100
What is tone?
The author's attitude
100
What is mood?
the feeling evoked by the reader
100
What is the definition of author's purpose?
The author's reason for writing
100
What is the central idea of a text?
What the text is mostly about/
The most important point the author wants you to understand/
the main idea of the text
100
_________point of view is when the narrator is talking about someone else.
Third person
200
It is raining heavily, and I don't have an umbrella; let's splash and have fun!
The tone of this text is...
energetic/happy
200
The mood in this passage is...
"My enemy was making his way down the hall, bursting open door after door. I needed to break through this window in two tries to make it out in time."
scary
200
Sunday comes at the end of the weekend and signals the end of the fun. I don't get to stay up late because I have to get up early the next morning and go back to school. Sunday night is the worst night of the week. For this reason, I feel that school should start later on Monday mornings.
What is the author's purpose?
to express an opinion about Sunday
200
Millions of acres of tropical rainforest have been destroyed. Many animals and people lose their homes when the rain forest is cut down. Today, people are destroying the forests so quickly that the animals are unable to adapt. Many of these animals, such as the leopard, need miles and miles of untouched rain forest in order to live. Furthermore, as more of the rainforest is destroyed, the risk of air pollution and loss of oxygen increases.
The destruction of the rain forest is harming humans and animals.
200
________ point of view is when the author reveals the thoughts and feelings of all the charcters.
third person omniscient
300
The words that determine the tone in this passage are...
"although I had tried hard and had followed the steps of the scientific method, my experiment didn't work. I dragged myself into class and slouched in my seat, not raising my hand
dragged/slouched
300
The mood of this picture is...
sad/depressing
300
Sunday comes at the end of the weekend and signals the end of the fun. I don't get to stay up late because I have to get up early the next morning and go back to school. Sunday night is the worst night of the week. For this reason, I feel that school should start later on Monday mornings.
The author believes that
school should start later on Monday mornings
300
Thomas Edison’s life span is known as “The age of Edison.” If it wasn’t for Thomas Edison, we might not have electric lights, telephones, movie cameras, or computers! Think of all the ways these great products affect our lives today. Edison held over 1,000 patents and received dozens of awards during his lifetime for his inventions and contributions to science.
Thomas Edison's inventions still impact society today
300
__________is when the author reveals the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Third person limited
400
My annoying brother likes to drive me crazy. There is no other who is that lazy. He whines to Mom and Dad night and day, until he eventually gets his way. What is a sister to do, when he screams 'til he's blue? There is no way to win, for he gets under your skin. He does his best to kill all joy. Oh, how my brother does annoy! What is the TONE of the poem?
frustrated
400
He approached the task with sheer determination. He had studied his plans carefully, spent hours preparing and was sure of his approach. The hours he spent practicing were grueling and exhausting but he was ready. This was the year he would win the pie eating contest at school. What is the MOOD of this passage?
humorous
400
State the types of authors' purposes?
persuade, inform, entertain
400
Jackie Robinson did something nobody had ever done before. He was not only a three-sport athlete at UCLA. He was the first African-American to play on a Major league baseball team, the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson had to deal with racism all over the country. He was treated very poorly by the by other players and fans in the stadiums he visited. But, whenever things got difficult, his courage and determination kept him going. Today his number 42 is retired on every team in major league baseball, and he is in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Jackie Robinson is an important figure in American History
400
________ point-of-view is when the test is written like a how to do book.
Second person
500
Lola sat on the old, lumpy couch crying. She could let it all out here, alone in her mother’s small, quiet apartment in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The familiar walls were covered in rose pink wallpaper. Goldie, her mother’s dog, seemed to stare sympathetically at Lola. The smell of her mother’s vanilla candles comforted her aching heart. What is the TONE of the passage?
Sad
500
The night it happened was one we will never forget. The wind was screeching outside as rain pounded against the window. We had lost electricity hours ago and had nothing but candles to light the house. The battery powered radio we had was broadcasting a warning to lock your doors and stay inside; there was a killer on the loose. What is the MOOD of the passage?
Scary
500
What is the author's purpose in a note to a teacher where a student asks if her seat can be switched because of a conflict?
to persuade
500
What is the central idea of the passage?
The law was not exactly fair in Europe during the Middle Ages. Back then, you could blame someone in your town for committing a crime. The “criminal” could then challenge you to a fight to prove his guilt or innocence. If you lost the fight, you were charged as a liar and the criminal was believed to be innocent. If you won, the criminal was believed to be guilty.
Laws of the Middle Ages were unfair.
500
In which POV is this written?
Sally and I went to the grocery store. We bought salad and bread. I thought that was a boring dinner, but Sally liked it.
first person