AUTHOR'S TONE MOOD AND PURPOSE

Directions: Determine the Author's Purpose

This purpose is to get the reader to believe, think, feel, or do something.

Examples are : Advertisement, speeches, campaign, opinions

• PERSUADE

• INFORM

• ENTERTAIN

Directions: Determine the Author's Purpose

This purpose gives mainly facts and information.

• PERSUADE

• INFORM

• ENTERTAIN

Directions: Determine the Author's Purpose

This purpose uses humor, narration, tells a story, etc.

• PERSUADE

• INFORM

• ENTERTAIN

Directions: Infer the Tone and Mood of the Text

It is our first day of school. I woke up early, ate my breakfast and took a bath. I prepared my things and went to school. I am happy to see my classmates and my teacher Mrs. Reyes. I hope for a fun-filled learning this schoolyear. What is the tone of the text?

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• PESSIMISTIC

• TERRIFIED

• OPTIMISTIC

• IRRITATED

Directions: Infer the Tone and Mood of the Text

He wore his jacket and put on his hat. He walked head down with both hands inside his pockets as he crossed the misty street under the dark twilight. What is the mood of the text?

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• SORROWFUL

• FESTIVE

• FRUSTRATING

• GLOOMY

Directions: Infer the Tone and Mood of the Text

She hesitated, listening for sounds of the creature. The forest seemed empty, but she could sense something else out there. Something watching and waiting. What is the mood of the passage?

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• ROMANTIC

• DEPRESSING

• JOYFUL

• SUSPENSEFUL

Directions: Infer the Tone and Mood of the Text

The sun was bright and the sky was clear. Joahra jogged down the path with Jimin at her side and smiled about last night's victory. The tone of this excerpt can be best described as _____.

• CHEERFUL

• SUSPENSEFUL

• FRIGHTENING

• GLOOMY

Directions: IDENTIFY THE AUTHOR'S PURPOSE

It is recommended that parents read to their children everyday, starting as early as six months of age. When you read with your children, you are starting them off in life as a life-long reader and learner. It is never too late to pick up a book and read; people in their eighties have learned how to read and discovered the pleasure of reading. Turn off the television and read a book!

• PERSUADE

• INFORM

• ENTERTAIN

Directions: IDENTIFY THE AUTHOR'S PURPOSE

His face appeared in the window. She knew he had been the cause of her waking at 3 a.m. Was she seeing things? Was his face real? She tried to lie still and decide what to do. Just then, the window shattered.  She flew across the room to the hallway and straight into her mother’s room.

• PERSUADE

• INFORM

• ENTERTAIN

Directions: IDENTIFY THE AUTHOR'S PURPOSE

Use the information on the bottle to determine the author’s purpose.

• PERSUADE

• INFORM

• ENTERTAIN