Mood, Tone, Style, ETC.

1. Mood, Tone, Style, ETC.

2. MOOD TONE STYLE WORD CHOICE GRAB BAG 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50

3. MOOD – 10 Points • QUESTION: • Mood is: • A) The feeling that the author has while writing. • B) The feeling that the characters in the story have. • C) The feelings that you have while you are reading. • D) The feeling that the author creates for his/her readers. • ANSWER: • D

4. MOOD – 20 Points • “The old house was creaking loudly that night. Shadows of tree branches stretched across the walls of Brandon’s room like the fingers of an alien hand. He stared at them for a moment. Then, with a shudder, he hid his head under the covers. • Which of the following best captures the overall mood of this passage? • Humorous B) Peaceful • C) Angry D) Frightening • ANSWER: • D

5. MOOD – 30 Points • Which example of imagery would help create a somber, or sad, mood? • Paint peeled from the walls of the silent, empty playroom. • The roses on the table filled the kitchen with a sweet smell. • Cool, clear water bubbled up from the secret spring. • A warm breeze blew long the sunny beach. • ANSWER: • A

6. MOOD – 40 Points • QUESTION: • Read the text to answer the question: The ship bobbed up and down, back and forth, in the stormy sea. Waves crashed over its sides again and again. Some crew members struggled to take down the sails, which flapped uncontrollably in the high wind. • The setting creates a mood of: • peacefulness B) dreaminess • C) Anger D) wildness • ANSWER: • D. Wildness

7. MOOD – 50 Points • “The bells in the old tower continued to echo through the rainy morning. Their ringing sounded like shouts of “Guilty” to Leah. • “If only they would stop!” she thought wildly. She pressed her hands to her ears, trying to block out the sound. It seemed however, that the bells were growing louder than ever! Leah suddenly screamed, “Someone help me – please!” • The mood of the selection is created through the image of • The look of the tower B) the feel of the rain • C) The sound of the bells D) the feel of Leah’s hands • ANSWER: • (C)

8. TONE – 10 Points • QUESTION: • If an author is describing an injustice or inequality that she perceives in the world, you might expect her to take a ______________ tone • Cheerful B) Criticizing • C) Disinterested D) Energetic • ANSWER: • B) Criticizing

9. TONE – 20 Points • QUESTION: • From the Gettysburg Address: “But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate – we can not consecrate – we can not hallow, this ground – The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have hallowed it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here; while it can never forget what they did here.” The tone of this selection can best be described as: • Harsh B) Distant • C) Appreciative D) Surprised • ANSWER: • C – appreciative

10. TONE – 30 Points • QUESTION: • Which of the following phrases most contributes to the bitter (or angry) tone of the Adele song “Hello.” • Hello from the other side/I must have called you a thousand times/To tell you I’m sorry for everything that you’ve done/But when I call you, you never seem to be home” • “From the other side” B) “Called you” • C) “I’m sorry for everything” D) “You never seem to be home” • ANSWER: • D) “You never seem to be home”

11. TONE – 40 Points • QUESTION: • Which phrase in this portion of The Pearl’s prologue contributes to the impatient tone? “If this story is a parable, perhaps everyone takes his own meaning from it and reads his own life into it. In any case, they say in the town that…” • ANSWER: • “In any case”

12. TONE – 50 Points • QUESTION: • What best describes the tone of this passage of The Pearl’s prologue: “And, as with all retold tales that are in people’s hearts, there are only good and bad things and black and white things and good and evil things and no in-between anywhere.” • Irritated B) Hopeful • C) Hateful D) Contradictory • ANSWER: • A) irritated

13. STYLE – 10 Points • QUESTION: • Style does not refer to what is said, it refers to _____________ it is said. • ANSWER: • How

14. STYLE – 20 Points • QUESTION: • Which of the following demonstrate an ornate, elaborate, or flowery style? • A) Ken decided to skip soccer practice. He arrived home before anyone in his family. • B) The entrance to his abode (with its door of peeling red paint) lay invitingly open. • C) Somewhat perplexed, Ken rapidly realized that something was amiss. • D) Ken ran to a neighbor’s house • ANSWER: • B

15. STYLE – 30 Points • QUESTION: • Which of the following provides the best example of a conversational writing style? • Before erecting a tent, one must identify a suitable site. • Put the cookies in the oven for about 20 minutes. • If your tires aren’t properly inflated, you’ll have to replace them more often. • Do not fail to enjoy your foray. Hiking should not be an adventure of great dread. • ANSWER: • B

16. STYLE – 40 Points • QUESTION: • Which of the following best describes Ms. White’s opinion of The Pearl in plain style? • A) The Pearl is a book that has great plot and writing. • B) While The Pearl might not seem like a masterwork, it undersells itself as a fairy tell while actually telling a vivid and nuanced story about the nature of human desire. • C) I would totally recommend The Pearl. • D) The Pearl is good, although it stinks that there is no sequel. • ANSWER: • A

17. STYLE – 50 Points • QUESTION: • “Vast, billowy clouds the color of concrete covered most of the sky. But Diane did not notice the clouds. All she saw was the speck of blue peeking through. She smiled. ‘Today is the day,” she said aloud to herself. ‘I just know it.” • The most identifiable element of this writer’s style is her or her use of --- • Contradictions B) Bitter tone • C) Imagery D) Complex sentences • ANSWER: • C

18. WORD CHOICE – 10 Points • QUESTION: • True or False: Connotation is the associations we have with a word and denotation is dictionary definition of the word. • ANSWER: • TRUE

19. WORD CHOICE – 20 Points • QUESTION: • “The sun soon broke through the clouds. Peter felt the warmth of its rays.” • Which word in this passage has the most positive connotation? • ANSWER: • Warmth

20. WORD CHOICE – 30 Points • QUESTION: • “Peter shivered as lightning flashed across the black sky and thunder boomed” • Which three words contribute to the mood of fear? • ANSWER: • Shivered, Flashed, Boomed

21. WORD CHOICE – 40 Points • QUESTION: • The Subway slogan is “Eat fresh.” The dictionary definition of fresh is “recently created or experienced.” Subway also used the word fresh because it connotes ________________. • Innocence B) Inexpensive • C) Health D) Springtime • ANSWER: • C

22. WORD CHOICE – 50 Points • QUESTION: • In 2005, Thierry Mulger released a woman’s perfume called Alien. While some might find this odd, Mulger might have chosen the word because of which connotation that it possesses? • Danger B) Deformity • C) New experiences D) Comfort • ANSWER: • C

23. Topic 5 – 10 Points • QUESTION: • Identify the mood and tone of this trailer: • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cBja3AbahY • ANSWER: • (type answer here)

24. Topic 5 – 20 Points • QUESTION: • Identify the mood and tone of this trailer: • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9Cby33ZR98 • ANSWER: • Answers will vary

25. Topic 5 – 30 Points • QUESTION: • Identify the mood and tone in this original trailer of Frozen: • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbQm5doF_Uc • ANSWER:

26. Topic 5 – 40 Points • QUESTION: • Identify mood and tone in this edited Frozen trailer: • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eD2UpdhbwA • ANSWER: • Answers will vary

27. Topic 5 – 50 Points • QUESTION: • Can you jumble and combine the letters of the words mood, tone, and style to come up with a sentence or phrase? • You have 1 minute • ANSWER: