TONE AND MOOD

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Which tone is represented in the following passage?
Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!
Options: Calm, Annoyed, Scary, Excited

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Excited

Front

Tone can best be described as

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the author's attitude toward the story, characters, or setting

Front

Mood

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the feeling the reader gets from the story

Front

"Folks were prickly and fearful. Loyalist shopkeepers had been tarred and feathered by angry mobs and their shops destroyed. Each day dawned hotter than the one before" (106).
What is the mood of the passage?

Back

suspenseful

Front

The doctor came just in time to save the athlete from further injury. The crowd stood and applauded as he was taken from the field.
The tone is...

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appreciative

Front

Choose the sentence with an upbeat tone:

Slowly, the mermaid floated toward the surface of the ocean.

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Like a flash of lightning, the mermaid dashed toward the surface of the tumbling ocean.

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Dancing with the bubbles, the mermaid swished to the sparkling surface of the ocean.

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Dancing with the bubbles, the mermaid swished to the sparkling surface of the ocean.

Front

What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage? Options: Bitter, Respectful, Objective, Humorous

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Humorous

Front

What is the tone of this image? Options: elated, appreciative, accusing, conceited

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appreciative

Front

What is the tone of the following passage?

The alarm buzzed. Melody smashed her fist down on it--hard. It flew off the nightstand and bounced off her cat, Armstrong. The cat yowled indignantly and rocketed out the room.

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Humorous