Tone

The author's attitude or feelings towards the writing is the ....

• connotation

• denotation

• tone

• mood

Tone is most closely related to:

• emotion

• capitalization

• punctuation

• setting

In a piece of writing, who controls the TONE?

• the reader

• the author

• tiny robots

___________ is the feeling the reader gets as he/she reads the text.

• connotation

• denotation

• tone

• mood

In a piece of writing, who controls the MOOD?

• the reader

• the author

• Shrek

Which tone is represented in the following passage?
"Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!"

• Annoying
• Excited
• Calm
• Scary

Ling was chewing the gum. When her teacher told her to spit it out and throw it in the trash, she talked back.
What tone did Ling use with her teacher?

• Apologetic
• Sarcastic
• Disrespectful
• uncertain

How would you characterize the tone of the following sentence:

"I won the game fair and square — and I'll fight anyone who says differently!"

• delighted

• angry

• bored

• deceitful

What is the tone of the sentence?

"Both competitors worked hard, but Jason won the competition by 4 points."

• sentimental

• judgemental

• aggressive

• objective

What is the tone of the following sentence?

"'Here we go again,' he moaned, as he watched the other team score yet another goal."

• joy

• fury

• excitement

• frustration