Connotation, Tone and Mood

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

• connotation

• denotation

• tone

• mood

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

• connotation

• denotation

• tone

• mood

Author's set a TONE or MOOD in literature by conveying an emotion or emotions through ____________.

• word choice

• space

• tone

• graphics

What is the tone of the following text? "I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you slink away!" (108).

• pleased

• angry

• happy

• suspicious

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?

• romantic

• depressing

• joyful

• suspenseful

What is the tone of this passage?

The Crocodile by Lewis Carroll

How doth the little crocodile

Improve his shining tail,

And pour the waters of the Nile

On every golden scale.

How cheerfully he seems to grine,

How neatly spreads his claws,

And welcomes little fishes in,

with gently smiling jaws.

• bitter

• respectful

• objective

• humorous

What is the tone of a text?

• The feeling the passage evokes from the reader

• The author, narrator or speaker's attitude toward the subject.

• The time and place of the story.

• The summary of events in the text.

What is the mood of a text?

• Emotions audience feels from a given passage.

• The time and place of the story.

• The Lesson the reader learns from the story.

• The summary of events in the text.

Which word accurately describes the son's tone in the following dialogue?

Father: We are going to Disney World!

Son: Yay!!!!

• Irritated

• annoyed

• excited

• uninterested

Read the following poem, "A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti and answer the question below. My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is a weathered shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea; My heart is gladder than all these Because my love is come to me.

QUESTION: What tone do the details of the poem convey?

• sorrow

• happiness

• excitement

• nervousness