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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the "mood" of a story?Emotions audience feels from a given passage.The time and place of the story.The summary of events of the story.The lesson the reader learns from the story. - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the "tone" of a story?The feeling the passage evokes from the readerThe author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subjectThe time and place of the storyThe summary of events in the story
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich tone is represented in the following passage?
"Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!"AnnoyingExcitedCalmScary - 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?HumorousPersuasiveAnxiousCheerful
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?BitterRespectfulObjectiveHumorous
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?EnthusiasticSeriousMockingSorrowful
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?IronicInformationalJoyfulDramatic
- 8. Multiple ChoiceIn my young years I took pride in the fact that luck was called a lady. In fact, there were so few public acknowledgments of the female presence that I felt personally honored whenever nature and large ships were referred to as feminine. But as I matured, I began to resent being considered a sister to a changeling as fickle as luck, as aloof as an ocean, and as frivolous as nature.bitterinformationalgloomyexcited
- 9. Multiple ChoiceToday is very boring, it’s a very boring day, there is nothing much to look at, there is nothing much to say. There’s a peacock on my sneakers, there’s a penguin on my head, there’s a dormouse on my doorstep; I am going back to bed.boredtiredfancifulexciting
- 10. Multiple ChoicePerhaps because bats are nocturnal in habit, a wealth of thoroughly unreliable legend has grown up about them, and men have made of the harmless, even beneficial little beasts a means of expressing their unreasoned fears. Bats were the standard paraphernalia for witches, the females half of humanity stood in terror that bats would become entangled in their hair. Phrases crept into the language expressing man’s revulsion or ignorance—“Bat’s in the Belfry,” “Batty,” “Blind as a Bat.”creepyscaryinformationalexciting
- 11. Multiple ChoiceLing 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?ApologeticSarcasticDisrespectfuluncertain - 12. Multiple ChoiceIt was the first football game for the Gators. The coach asked if everyone was ready. The players jumped and replied, "Yes!"
In what tone did the Gators's reply?CalmSeriousHappyEnthusiastic - 13. Multiple ChoiceThe Blue Jay is jumping on the tree singing and dancing happily.
What is the blue jay's tone while singing?JoyfulDreamyConfusedsweet - 14. Multiple ChoiceJulia was waiting nervously for her test.
What is the mood?DramaticAfraidangryApproving - 15. Multiple ChoiceInclined toward a display of love or loving emotion.SentimentalTenderRomanticNostalgic
- 16. Multiple ChoiceCharacterized by great sadness; grave or gloomy in character.BittersweetGloomyMelancholyCrestfallen
- 17. Multiple ChoiceHaving an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; overbearingly proud.SeethingHostileCrypticArrogant
- 18. Multiple ChoiceExpecting the worst and seeing the worst in all things.CriticalPessimisticGrimTense
- 19. Multiple ChoiceIrritated or annoyed; puzzled or intellectually disturbed.IrreverentJadedCynicalVexed
- 20. Multiple ChoiceFeeling of humor, joy or entertainmentFlippantcausticobjectiveAmused
- 21. Multiple ChoiceHonest; genuine; without pretenseSincereamusedreflectiveCaustic
- 22. Multiple ChoiceJudging something harshly; likely to find faultAmusedCriticalAmusedCynical
- 23. Multiple Choicemaking fun of; teasingsincerecynicalamusedmocking
- 24. Multiple Choicedeeply or seriously thoughtful; thinking deeplycontemplativeMockingReflectiveAmused
- 25. Multiple ChoiceBelieving the worst of human nature and motivesCynicalContemplativeflippantSincere
- 26. Multiple ChoiceNot influenced by emotion; fairmockingObjectiveAmusedCaustic
- 27. Multiple Choicedisrespectful; having or showing a lack of respectIrreverentCynicalsincereReflective
- 28. Multiple Choicethoughtfully considering the situation; thinking about the topic, situation, event, etc.ReflectiveirreverentCriticalAmused
- 29. Multiple Choiceshowing an inappropriate amount of seriousness; rudeCriticalFlippanthistrionicReflective
- 30. Multiple ChoiceShowing little emotion; just the facts; practicalmatter-of-factCausticSincereHistrionic
- 31. Multiple ChoiceShowing that one considers oneself superior to othersmockingcontemplativecriticalCondescending
- 32. Multiple ChoiceStraightforward; direct without secretivenessCandidAmusedIrreverentSincere
- 33. Multiple ChoiceGiven to questioningcriticalCandidreflectiveInquisitive
- 34. Multiple ChoiceCharacteristic of those who treat others with arrogancePatronizingMockingCriticalReflective
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