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Question 1
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Q. What is the "mood" of a story?
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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.
Question 2
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Q. What is the "tone" of a story?
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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
Question 3
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Q. 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!"
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Annoying
Excited
Calm
Scary
Question 4
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Q. What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?
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Humorous
Persuasive
Anxious
Cheerful
Question 5
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Q. What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?
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Bitter
Respectful
Objective
Humorous
Question 6
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Q. What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?
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Enthusiastic
Serious
Mocking
Sorrowful
Question 7
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Q. What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?
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Ironic
Informational
Joyful
Dramatic
Question 8
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Q. In 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.
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bitter
informational
gloomy
excited
Question 9
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Q. Today 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.
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bored
tired
fanciful
exciting
Question 10
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Q. Perhaps 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.”
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creepy
scary
informational
exciting
Question 11
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Q. 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?
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Apologetic
Sarcastic
Disrespectful
uncertain
Question 12
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Q. It 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?
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Calm
Serious
Happy
Enthusiastic
Question 13
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Q. The Blue Jay is jumping on the tree singing and dancing happily. What is the blue jay's tone while singing?
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Joyful
Dreamy
Confused
sweet
Question 14
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Q. Julia was waiting nervously for her test. What is the mood?
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Dramatic
Afraid
angry
Approving
Question 15
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Q. Inclined toward a display of love or loving emotion.
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Sentimental
Tender
Romantic
Nostalgic
Question 16
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Q. Characterized by great sadness; grave or gloomy in character.
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Bittersweet
Gloomy
Melancholy
Crestfallen
Question 17
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Q. Having an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; overbearingly proud.
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Seething
Hostile
Cryptic
Arrogant
Question 18
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Q. Expecting the worst and seeing the worst in all things.
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Critical
Pessimistic
Grim
Tense
Question 19
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Q. Irritated or annoyed; puzzled or intellectually disturbed.
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Irreverent
Jaded
Cynical
Vexed
Question 20
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Q. Feeling of humor, joy or entertainment
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Flippant
caustic
objective
Amused
Question 21
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Q. Honest; genuine; without pretense
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Sincere
amused
reflective
Caustic
Question 22
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Q. Judging something harshly; likely to find fault
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Amused
Critical
Amused
Cynical
Question 23
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Q. making fun of; teasing
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sincere
cynical
amused
mocking
Question 24
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Q. deeply or seriously thoughtful; thinking deeply
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contemplative
Mocking
Reflective
Amused
Question 25
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Q. Believing the worst of human nature and motives
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Cynical
Contemplative
flippant
Sincere
Question 26
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Q. Not influenced by emotion; fair
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mocking
Objective
Amused
Caustic
Question 27
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Q. disrespectful; having or showing a lack of respect
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Irreverent
Cynical
sincere
Reflective
Question 28
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Q. thoughtfully considering the situation; thinking about the topic, situation, event, etc.
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Reflective
irreverent
Critical
Amused
Question 29
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Q. showing an inappropriate amount of seriousness; rude
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Critical
Flippant
histrionic
Reflective
Question 30
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Q. Showing little emotion; just the facts; practical
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matter-of-fact
Caustic
Sincere
Histrionic
Question 31
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Q. Showing that one considers oneself superior to others
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mocking
contemplative
critical
Condescending
Question 32
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Q. Straightforward; direct without secretiveness
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Candid
Amused
Irreverent
Sincere
Question 33
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Q. Given to questioning
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critical
Candid
reflective
Inquisitive
Question 34
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Q. Characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance