Question

question 1 (3 points)
(01.03 lc)
match each term to its correct definition
column a

1. diction
2. mood
3. tone

column b
a. the emotions a selection evokes in a reader
b. the authors word choice
c. the authors attitude toward a subject
question 2 (2 points)
(01.03 mc)
annika has just completed a novel. as she closes the book, she tells her sister the ending left her feeling heartbroken. what has annika expressed?
o a diction
o b figurative language
o c mood
o d tone
question 3 (2 points)
(01.03 mc)
read the excerpt from the nightingale and the rose by oscar wilde.
what a silly thing love is, said the student as he walked away. it is not half as useful as logic, for it does not prove anything, and it is always telling one of things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true. in fact, it is quite unpractical, and, as in this age to be practical is everything, i shall go back to philosophy and study metaphysics.
which word best summarizes the tone of this passage?
o a delighted
o b loving
o c matter - of - fact
o d whimsical
question 4 (2 points)
(01.03 mc)
read the excerpt from the star by h.g. wells. answer the question that follows.
and the streets and houses were alight in all the cities, the shipyards glared, and whatever roads led to high country were lit and crowded all night long. and in all the seas about the civilised lands, ships with throbbing engines, and ships with bellying sails, crowded with men and living creatures, were standing out to ocean and the north. for already the warning of the master mathematician had been telegraphed all over the world, and translated into a hundred tongues. the new planet and neptune, locked in a fiery embrace, were whirling headlong, ever faster and faster towards the sun. already every second this blazing mass flew a hundred miles, and every second its terrific velocity increased.
which word best summarizes the tone of this passage?
o a excited
o b indifferent
o c optimistic
o d panicked

Explanation:

Question 1:

• Diction refers to the author's word - choice, so 1 - b.
• Mood is the emotions a selection evokes in a reader, so 2 - a.
• Tone is the author's attitude toward a subject, so 3 - c.

Question 2: Annika expressed the mood, as she described the emotions (heartbroken) the novel's ending evoked in her.
Question 3: The student's view of love as silly and impractical shows a matter - of - fact tone.
Question 4: The description of a new planet and Neptune in a fiery embrace, flying headlong towards the sun with increasing velocity creates a panicked tone.

Answer:

Question 1: 1. b, 2. a, 3. c
Question 2: c. Mood
Question 3: c. Matter - of - fact
Question 4: d. Panicked