Tone GED

Choose the antonym of awestruck.

• stunned

• anxious

• unsurprised

• amazed

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Choose the synonym of blissful.

• happy

• displeased

• joyless

• sad

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Choose the synonym of captivated.

• bored

• displeased

• fascinated

• indifferent

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Choose the synonym of affectionate.

• sympathetic

• unfriendly

• uncaring

• unsociable

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Select the passage that has a more blissful tone.

• She moped: no grown person could have performed that uncheering business better; no furrowed face of an adult, longing for home, ever bore more clearly the signs of anguish and homesickness than did her small childlike face.

• It was almost too much happiness to bear. He felt stunned by the unexpected good news. A burst of tears came, and he seemed to awaken, all at once, to a full sense of the joyful change that had occurred and the almost insupportable load of anguish which had been lifted.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Select the passage that has a more energetic tone.

• It was a fire! A fire in the meadow grass! Some one had dropped a lighted match, and now little red flames were running through the grass in all directionsThe Merry Little Breeze hastened to tell all the other Little Breezes and all rushed over as fast as they could to see for themselves.

• For some time the two men amused themselves with watching the movement of vague forms on the edge of the firelight. By looking closely and steadily at where a pair of eyes burned in the darkness, the form of the animal would slowly take shapeThey could even see these forms move at times.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Select the passage that has a more praising tone.

• Her father would sometimes take her out to dinner, but these brief expeditions were made out of a sense of duty, and he was plainly unhappy until he was back home, alone with his books. He spent so little time with his daughter that she was more of an embarrassment to him than an asset.

• They also had a Father who was just perfect-never angry, never unjust, and always ready for a game. At least, if at any time he was not ready, he always had an excellent reason for it and explained the reason to the children so interestingly and funnily that they felt sure he couldn't help himself.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Select the passage that has a more captivated tone.

• Baloo taught him to speak politely to the bees; what to say when he disturbed a bat in the branches at midday; and how to warn the water-snakes before he splashed down among themAll this will show you how much Mowgli had to learn, and he grew very tired of saying the same thing over a hundred times.

• I freely confess that my heart glowed ardently as the sailors recounted their wild adventures-the storms they had weathered, the dangers they had escaped, the wonderful creatures they had seen, and the interesting lands they had visited. But of all the stories, the most exciting were those of the Coral Islands

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Select the passage that has a more disapproving tone.

• The wife went out at once and bought bread and meat, and she and her husband sat down to make a hearty meal. But the mother could not forget her little ones; and at last she cried to her husband, "Alas! where are our poor children? How they would have enjoyed this good feast!"

• Their father married a very wicked woman who did not love the poor children at allThey knew this from the very first day after the wedding. Instead of giving the children leftover wedding cake, she gave them some sand in a tea cup and told them to pretend it was cake.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Select the passage that has a more enthusiastic tone.

• But Beatrice Blaine! There was a woman! Early pictures taken on her father's estate, or in Rome at the Sacred Heart Convent, showed the exquisite delicacy of her features, the flawless art and simplicity of her clothes.

• Elizabeth was succeeded at the instrument by her sister Mary, who having, in consequence of being the only plain one in the family, worked hard for knowledge and accomplishments, was always impatient for display

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4