Tone Characterization

The feeling created in the reader by the writer is called ________.

• mood
• tone

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The author's attitude toward the subject matter is called ________.

• mood
• tone

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The tone of this excerpt can be best described as:

• grim or serious
• playful and silly
• sarcastic 
• uncertain

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which word from this excerpt does NOT contribute to the tone?

• cramped
• glumly
• folded
• smelly

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Identify an example of imagery that helps create the tone.

• "...so she would not be forgotten."
• "The Baudelaire orphans went to the bedroom..."
• "Klaus looked distastefully at each ugly shirt Mrs. Poe had bought for him..."
• "Violet looked around..."

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The tone of this passage can be best described as:

• amused
• confused
• angry and hurt
• cold and distant

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of these words DO NOT contribute to the tone?

• scream
• rage
• boiling
• repeatedly

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

An example of imagery that helps create this tone is:

• "a tightly-strung bow"
• "I don't know what else"
• "accusations leveled at me repeatedly"
• "I mustn't show it"

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4