Mood and Tone

_{What is TONE?}

• A person, place or thing
• Action words
• The author's attitude towards something
• The setting of a story

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CCSS.L.8.5C

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What is MOOD?

• How a reader feels when reading a story
• An action word
• A person, place or thing
• The same thing as tone

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CCSS.L.7.5D

Create an angry tone for this sentence:
"You must be sitting in your seat before the bell rings," ____________ Mrs. Walker.

• said
• whispered
• asked
• yelled

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CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.4

Create a happy tone for this sentence:
"Today is going to be a beautiful day," ______________ Mrs. Golec.

• yelled
• exclaimed
• shouted
• cried

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CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

What tone does this suggest:
"Quit tapping your pencil or I am throwing it out the window," shouted Mrs. Herman.

• Annoyed
• Happy
• Depressed
• Funny

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CCSS.RL.8.1

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CCSS.RL.8.4

What tone does this suggest:
Even though the Patriots lost last week, I think they still have a shot at winning the Superbowl.

• Angry
• Hopeful
• Hysterical
• Friendly

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CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What tone does this suggest:
"I guess I'll just go home and sit down on the couch by myself," sighed Justin.

• Cheerful
• Excited
• Humorous
• Depressed

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CCSS.RL.8.1

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CCSS.RL.8.4

What kind of mood could you possibly get from a story that has a setting in an empty hospital (look at picture)?

• Frightening
• Mysterious
• Gloomy
• All of the above

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CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.3

What kind of mood could you possibly get from a story that has a setting in an amusement park (look at picture)?

• Scary
• Gloomy
• Light-Hearted
• Depressed

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.4

What kind of mood could you possibly get from a story that has a setting on a boat in a lake (look at picture)?

• Lonely
• Happy
• Relaxed
• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.8.2