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- 1. Multiple ChoiceRead 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 mood do the details of the poem convey? (Look specifically at the three things the speaker compares her heart to.)SorrowHappinessExcitementNervousness - 2. 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!CalmAnnoyedScaryExcited - 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the tone of the following passage?
The alarm buzzed. Jordan smashed her fist down on it--hard. It flew off the nightstand and bounced off her cat, Armstrong. The cat yowled indignantly and rocketed out the room.EerieSarcasticPassionateHumorous - 4. Multiple ChoiceTone can best described asattitude of the readerthe overall mood or feeling in a storythe words an author chooses to usereader's point of view
- 5. Multiple ChoiceAuthors set a TONE or MOOD in literature by conveying emotion through ________.picturesheightwordsfunny faces
- 6. 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. - 7. Multiple Choice"They plan to kill General Washington." He closed the book, set it on the floor, and leaned forward, his elbows on his knees. "Tell me all" (103).
What is the tone of the dialogue?informalhappyseriousoptomistic - 8. Multiple Choice"Folks were prickly and fearful. Loyalist shopkeepers had been tarred and feathered by angry mobs and their shops destroyed. Each day dawned hotter than the one before" (106).
What is the mood of the passage?romanticsorrowfuljoyfulsuspenseful - 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?EnthusiasticSeriousMockingSorrowful
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?BitterRespectfulObjectiveHumorous
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?IronicInformationalJoyfulDramatic
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?HumorousPersuasiveAnxiousCheerful
- 13. Multiple Choice_________ is the feeling the reader gets as he/she reads the text.moodtone
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe words an author chooses to use in a passage is the ________.moodtone
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following does NOT create mood in a story?Setting DescriptionImagery (sensory language)ImaginationCharacter Speech/Feeling
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