Word Bank
Amused is an example of... (mood, tone, or both).
What is both.
Identify the mood of the following scene.
“The wind howled through the empty playground, rattling the swings against each other. A single crow perched on the fence, its cry breaking the silence.”
What is concerned, on alert, fearful, spooked... (answers may vary.)
Does tone deal with the author or the reader?
What is the author.
Choose which sentence shows imagery.
1. The dog barked at the man.
2. The ferocious black dog growled at the short postman, causing him to drop the mail and run as far as he could.
What is number 2.
The grammatical marks that indicate that a character is speaking.
What are quotation marks.
Suspenseful is an example of... (mood, tone, or both).
What is mood.
Identify the mood inspired by the words of this passage.
“The river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on.” - Charles Dickens; Pickwick Papers
What is calm, serene, non-violent, peaceful... (answers may vary).
True or False:
Tone is how you feel as a reader.
What is false.
Choose which sentence shows imagery.
1. Jim nervously boarded the bright green coaster, ready to face his biggest fear, this ride THE HULK.
2. Jim got onto the roller coaster afraid to face his fears.
What is number 1.
The words spoken aloud by the characters.
What is dialogue.
Happy is an example of... (choose either mood, tone, or both).
What is both.
Identify the mood of the passage.
“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
What is depressing, gloomy, eery... ( answer may vary).
Read the passage and 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.
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
How the author gets the audience to "see" the scene in their mind's eye.
What is description.
Ironic is an example of... (choose mood, tone, or both).
What is tone.
Identify the mood in the following scene.
-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.
What is worried.
Tone refers to the author's ________ toward a character, subject or audience. (Fill in the blank.)
What is attitude.
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.
Define tone.
What is the author's attitude toward their subject matter and audience, expressed through word choice (diction), sentence structure (syntax), and narrative details.
List one word that can describe mood, and one word that can describe tone (answers may vary).
What are _____ and _____ (answers may vary).
Identify the mood of the following scene.
-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.-
What is warm.
Identify the two indicators of tone.
What is dialogue and description.
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.
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.)