Mood & Tone

What is tone in writing?

• The reader's attitude toward the subject.
• The author's attitude toward the subject.
• The reader's feelings about the subject.
• The sound that comes from a piano when you press a key. 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

If a passages tone is playful, the author's attitude is...

• full of amusement, lighthearted.
• serious, non humorous.
• haunting, spooky.
• uncaring.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The definition of mood is 

• the overall feelings or emotions in the writer.
• revising your writing so that it is free of errors.
• overall feelings or emotions that are created in the reader. 
• working with a partner to check your writing. 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

If a piece of text gives you a nonchalant mood you are feeling

• confident and eager to move forward.
• excited and playful.
• humorous and comical.
• calm or relaxed.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

If you are determined you are

• having made a firm decision and being resolved not to change it.
• nervous and afraid.
• feeling uncertain about something.
• excited.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Brave

• playful and comical.
• fond of games and amusement; lighthearted.
• ready to face and endure danger or pain; showing courage.
• angry, full of aggression.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Ms. Woodson is

• the best teacher in the world!
• our science teacher.
• our math teacher.
• our gym teacher.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The connotative meaning of a word is

• the author's attitude toward a subject. 
• the dictionary definition of a word.
• something you put on your sandwich.
• the feeling associated with a word.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The denotative meaning of a word is

• the literal or dictionary meaning.
• the feelings associated with a word. 
• something you put on a sandwich.
• the author's attitude toward a word. 

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.4

A persuasive paragraph

• writing that attempts to persuade or convince a reader to do something.
• describes an event.
• presents research findings.
• includes the steps in the scientific process. 

Tags

CCSS.W.5.1A

CCSS.W.5.1B

CCSS.W.5.1C

CCSS.W.5.1D

CCSS.W.5.4