Tone and Mood

Which term means "the writer's attitude"?

• mood

• tone

• feeling

• point of view

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Mood is....

• the point of view.

• the genre of the text.

• the feeling a text gives to readers.

• The attitude of the writer.

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The tone is determined by the...

• descriptions, words, and dialogue.

• length of a written text.

• descriptions in the text.

• words and dialogue.

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The tone in the quote is...

• melancholic

• motivational

• pessimistic

• depressing

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Which sentence has the most energetic tone?

• It is raining heavily, and I hate it!

• It is raining heavily; I can't believe that I don't have an umbrella!

• It is raining heavily, and I don't have an umbrella; let's splash and have fun!

• It's raining heavily, and I don't have an umbrella!

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The mood in the 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."

• pessimistic

• scary

• sad

• cheerful

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The best word to describe the mood in this picture is...

• calm

• optimistic

• peaceful

• depressing

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Which tone would you use to write a letter to your grandmother?

• formal and serious

• gloomy and pessimistic

• warm and heartfelt

• serious and sad

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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."

• raising hand

• experiment, science

• method, class

• dragged, slouched

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What words show that the mood in this scene is positive?

"Grinning, Cole pulled on his tennis shoes and gloves, and picked up his hammer. he worked hard all day.

• Cole, tennis shoes

• grinning, hard

• tennis shoes, gloves

• picked up

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