Tone and Attitude

Tone and Attitude

9th Grade

25 Qs

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Tone and Attitude

Tone and Attitude

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th Grade

Hard

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The leaders of our country line their pockets with public coffers but shamelessly fail to provide their people with basic services. [Writer's tone]

Accusatory

Critical

Threatening

Pessimistic

Answer explanation

The words, 'shamelessly' and 'fail' to suggest that the writer was critical of the leaders. Other accepted answers include scathing and condemnatory.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

It is unfortunate that many festivals have become tragically commercialized. The religious meaning of Easter and Christmas seems to have become obscured in a flurry of sales events, parties and weekend vacations. [Writer's tone]

Incredulous

Pensive

Regretful

Unhappy

Answer explanation

The words, 'unfortunate' and 'tragically' show the writer's regret that this has to happen. Note that we don't only show regret for what we have done wrong but also when we are sad something has to happen.

3.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"Don't give up, mate," the man said. "You look like someone who might make the world a better place someday." [Man's tone]

Answer explanation

"Don't give up" suggests that the man was encouraging the listener to go on. Hopeful/ optimistic are not accurate answers as he did not say he sees a bright future DESPITE setbacks.

4.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

After three hours of negotiation at Piccadilly station (a testament to the modern efficiency of the UK's privatized rail system), I managed to book a place for Roz and myself on a train to Exeter the following day. [Tone of the parenthesized text)

Answer explanation

There is a contrast between 'three hours of negotiation' and 'efficiency of UK's rail system'. If they were so efficient, the writer wouldn't have had to wait for 3 hours. Hence, he was being sarcastic when he said this showed how efficient the rail system was. Another accepted answers is 'mocking'

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the "tone" of a text?

The feeling the passage evokes from the reader

The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject

The time and place of the story

The summary of events in the story

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The tone in the quote is...

melancholic

depressing

motivational

pessimistic

7.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The good news is that while their numbers have fallen, the orangutans are not yet extinct and there is still a chance we can save them. [Writer's tone]

Answer explanation

The expressions, 'not yet', and 'still has a chance' all show that DESPITE the problem (of falling numbers), there is still HOPE to save the orangutans. Hence, the tone, 'optimistic'.

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