Question

Drag and drop the terms with the definitions.


similar to craft; the writing choices that work together to create an author’s voice


words that appeal to the senses or create pictures in the mind


the unique and individual writing style of an author


the choice and use of words and phrases


the grammatical arrangement of words and phrases that create sentences in a language


the creative use of words or phrases; usually not the literal use of language


the feeling achieved in the reader through the use of words; also the emotional setting of a text

Choices
diction
mood
imagery
voice
syntax
figurative language
style



2) Choose the best answer.

If a reader is familiar with an author, that reader can identify the author because of the _______ in the voice of a text.


actions

pauses

personality



3) Choose the best answer.

The style includes diction, the author’s _______ set from the author’s education and culture, as well as syntax, figurative language, and imagery used.


mood

vocabulary

tone



4) Choose the best answer.

Most tone and mood words are ________, words that describe nouns.


pronouns

verbs

adjectives



5) Choose the best answer.

Tone is the author’s attitude, while mood is the effect on the _______.


speaker

logic

reader



Chapter Two: Life in a New York Italian Tenement

1I was heartily glad, however, that the birthday party, christening or wedding anniversary, whichever it was, must surely be a matter of rare occasion.

2Imagine our feelings when ten o’clock the next night came and the same rumpus broke forth once more, only with greater vigor. In vain we conjectured the cause. Perhaps they were in the midst of a week’s celebration of some church festival. Perhaps there was some sort of a tournament on.

3At last I determined to investigate. Though it was a wet night and walls, ledges and railings about the rear of the house were dripping and slimy, I clambered down from the back window to a point where I could look in below.

4There were two basement rooms opening into each other, and there must be a third that opened onto the street in front of the house. The first room was a much-cluttered kitchen with broken boxes of several sorts of macaroni exposed to view, a well-heated range, a cook in white clothes, innumerable bottles of wine on the shelves and dirty dishes on one side while the clean ones were in orderly piles on the other.

5In the second and inner room there was a thick, blue atmosphere of pipe and cigar smoke through which the gas jets in the centre of the room flared sharply. Around the uncovered tables of varying sizes were Italians to the number of a score or more. More than half of them were in rough working clothes. Some had beer, some had wine before them and some were eating the stringing macaroni from large dishes heaped with it. Three of them were under the gaslight and were leaning forward in postures of straining excitement, and as each spoke a number he thrust out one hand or both with fingers held out,—three, four, seven, perhaps only one. All the numbers spoken were under ten, and the numbers spoken did not correspond with the numbers indicated by the fingers. After watching them a minute I saw that each man was trying to guess what number the other man would indicate on his fingers, and a correct guess ended each bout; then would come laughter at the expense of the defeated one, and the game would begin over again for points.

6Later inquiry as to the name and popularity of the game brought forth the information that it is called mora and is very general through southern Italy, being a favorite diversion among the country people. In Italy country boys will get together in a corner and play mora till they are exhausted, and in the place under us I have known the last hoarsely shouted number to sound after the hour of three.

7As I climbed back into my own room I took with me the satisfying knowledge that we should probably hear mora and sing-songing every night while we dwelt in the place. It was evidently a restaurant and used as a sort of club house by a company of the convivial and congenial. There was not the slightest indication on the street front that the place was anything but an ordinary tenement basement.

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Answer the following questions.

6) Read the excerpt from Imported Americans by Broughton Brandenburg. Then, choose the best answer.

In paragraphs 1 and 2, the writer describes ________.


the people at a party

his anger about the loss of sleep

his wonderings about the noisy gatherings



7) Read the excerpt from Imported Americans by Broughton Brandenburg. Then, choose the best answer.

In paragraph 2 the author is asking the reader to _________.


make a judgment about the Italians

identify with his feelings

support him financially



8) Read the excerpt from Imported Americans by Broughton Brandenburg. Then, choose the best answer.

Which is the best example of imagery from paragraph 3?


center of the room

dripping and slimy

I could look



9) Read the excerpt from Imported Americans by Broughton Brandenburg. Then, choose the best answer.

The description in paragraph 5 shows ________.


a party of dancing

an entertainment for workers

a religious activity



10) Read the excerpt from Imported Americans by Broughton Brandenburg. Then, choose the best answer.

The author sees the men playing a game of ________.


rock, paper, scissors

guessing

mora and guessing



11) Read the excerpt from Imported Americans by Broughton Brandenburg. Then, choose the two correct answers that apply.

Participial phrases such as "opening into each other," "straining excitement," and "satisfying knowledge" contribute to the writer's style by _______.


providing a joyful tone

focusing on the actions of the characters and their surroundings

illustrating the past with present tense descriptions

foreshadowing actions that will happen in the future

indicating that the story happened in the past



12) Read the excerpt from Imported Americans by Broughton Brandenburg. Then, choose the best answer.

When the author describes the scene, he _______.


relates facts

makes judgments about the Italians

relates facts and is spying on the Italians



13) Read the excerpt from Imported Americans by Broughton Brandenburg. Then, choose the best answer.

In paragraph 7, the words convivial and congenial both have ________.


meanings that relate to construction

roots that are similar

prefixes “con-” that mean “with”



14) Read the excerpt from Imported Americans by Broughton Brandenburg. Then, choose the best answer.

The author’s tone, as expressed by his writing style is ________.


formal and detached

thoughtful and positive

sad and doubtful



15) Read the excerpt from Imported Americans by Broughton Brandenburg. Then, choose the best answer.

My mood after reading is or should be ________.


ambivalent

frustrated

interested



16) Read the excerpt from Imported Americans by Broughton Brandenburg. Then, choose the best answer.

The mood of the text is _______.


depressed

serious

exciting

Answers

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### Drag and Drop Definitions

1. **Voice**: similar to craft; the writing choices that work together to create an author’s voice
2. **Imagery**: words that appeal to the senses or create pictures in the mind
3. **Style**: the unique and individual writing style of an author
4. **Diction**: the choice and use of words and phrases
5. **Syntax**: the grammatical arrangement of words and phrases that create sentences in a language
6. **Figurative Language**: the creative use of words or phrases; usually not the literal use of language
7. **Mood**: the feeling achieved in the reader through the use of words; also the emotional setting of a text

### Multiple Choice Questions

2) If a reader is familiar with an author, that reader can identify the author because of the **personality** in the voice of a text.

3) The style includes diction, the author’s **vocabulary** set from the author’s education and culture, as well as syntax, figurative language, and imagery used.

4) Most tone and mood words are **adjectives**, words that describe nouns.

5) Tone is the author’s attitude, while mood is the effect on the **reader**.

### Passage Analysis Questions

6) In paragraphs 1 and 2, the writer describes **his wonderings about the noisy gatherings**.

7) In paragraph 2 the author is asking the reader to **identify with his feelings**.

8) The best example of imagery from paragraph 3 is **dripping and slimy**.

9) The description in paragraph 5 shows **an entertainment for workers**.

10) The author sees the men playing a game of **mora and guessing**.

11) Participial phrases such as "opening into each other," "straining excitement," and "satisfying knowledge" contribute to the writer's style by **focusing on the actions of the characters and their surroundings** and **indicating that the story happened in the past**.

12) When the author describes the scene, he **relates facts and is spying on the Italians**.

13) In paragraph 7, the words convivial and congenial both have **prefixes “con-” that mean “with”**.

14) The author’s tone, as expressed by his writing style is **thoughtful and positive**.

15) My mood after reading is or should be **interested**.

16) The mood of the text is **exciting**.
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