Question

Question 1
How does an author's word choice impact the tone of a text?(5 points)
Responses

It establishes a specific attitude toward the subject.
It establishes a specific attitude toward the subject.

It focuses only on the dictionary definitions of words.
It focuses only on the dictionary definitions of words.

It changes the literal meanings of all selected words.
It changes the literal meanings of all selected words.

It removes all feelings associated with particular words.
It removes all feelings associated with particular words.
Question 2
Select the appropriate word to describe the tone of each passage. (10 points)



After four months passed, all the trees in the wood burst forth, and the green twigs all grew thickly together; the little birds sang so that the whole wood range, and the blossoms fell from the trees.




He was apparently a youth of the sort that Nature is constantly turning out by the thousand: mere weaker copies of their parents.



Question 3
An author writes: "The storm clouds gathered ominously overhead as Sarah approached the abandoned house." How does this setting choice contribute to the story's tone?(5 points)
Responses

It creates a cheerful, optimistic mood
It creates a cheerful, optimistic mood

It establishes a sense of impending danger or foreboding
It establishes a sense of impending danger or foreboding

It provides neutral background information
It provides neutral background information

It suggests the story will be a comedy

Answer 1

Question 1
Answer: It establishes a specific attitude toward the subject.

Question 2
- Passage 1 (springtime, birds, blossoms): Joyful / cheerful / idyllic (tone: celebratory/peaceful)
- Passage 2 ("mere weaker copies of their parents"): Critical / disdainful / dismissive (tone: contemptuous)

Question 3
Answer: It establishes a sense of impending danger or foreboding.