Exam 7: While You Read and After You Read, Examine the Authors Tone

Here's a movie that's dopey, cheesy and sometimes downright silly. But it's a disaster movie - it's supposed to be ridiculous! Because this is all about spectacle and 2012 has plenty of that. Adapted from Dole & Taggart, Activate College Reading, 1st ed. -What is the purpose of this paragraph?_____________________________________________

Read each sentence and choose the most appropriate tone word from the word bank. Regretful Disapproving Nostalgic Shocked Optimistic Sarcastic Apathetic Excited Urgent Frustrated -"I am sure, if I study hard, I can make an 'A' on the test."Tone:_______________

An author uses ________ to evoke emotion in the reader.

To make a profit, the media have to be responsive to the people. They present the news they think the people want. Because they believe the majority desire entertainment, or at least diversion, rather than education, they structure the news toward this goal. Adapted from Dole & Taggart, Activate College Reading, 1st ed. -Circle the tone words that you think best describe the tone of the passage. Objective or Subjective Factual or Emotional

Read each passage below and identify the purpose and tone. I cried aloud, shaking my head all the while until I felt the cold blades of scissors against my neck, and heard them gnaw off one of my thick braids. Then I lost my spirit. Since the day I was taken from my mother I had suffered extreme indignities. People had stared at me. I had been tossed about in the air like a wooden puppet. Adapted from Dole & Taggart, Activate College Reading, 1st ed. -What is the purpose of this paragraph?_________________________

Companies have four different types of social responsibility or duties. The first duty of a company is to be profitable, and this is called its economic responsibility. The company also has a duty to obey laws and regulations; that is, it has a legal responsibility. Adapted from Dole & Taggart, Activate College Reading, 1st ed. -Circle the tone words that you think best describe the tone of the passage. Objective or Subjective Factual or Emotional

Read each passage below and identify the purpose and tone. I cried aloud, shaking my head all the while until I felt the cold blades of scissors against my neck, and heard them gnaw off one of my thick braids. Then I lost my spirit. Since the day I was taken from my mother I had suffered extreme indignities. People had stared at me. I had been tossed about in the air like a wooden puppet. Adapted from Dole & Taggart, Activate College Reading, 1st ed. -Circle the tone words that you think best describe the tone of the passage. $\text {Objective \quad or\quad Subjective}$ $\text {Factual \quad\quad or\quad\quad Emotional}$

The use of connotation suggests a ___________ tone.

The lack of connotation suggests a ___________ tone.

Read each passage below and identify the purpose and tone. I cried aloud, shaking my head all the while until I felt the cold blades of scissors against my neck, and heard them gnaw off one of my thick braids. Then I lost my spirit. Since the day I was taken from my mother I had suffered extreme indignities. People had stared at me. I had been tossed about in the air like a wooden puppet. Adapted from Dole & Taggart, Activate College Reading, 1st ed. -What word best describes the tone of the passage?___________________________________

To make a profit, the media have to be responsive to the people. They present the news they think the people want. Because they believe the majority desire entertainment, or at least diversion, rather than education, they structure the news toward this goal. Adapted from Dole & Taggart, Activate College Reading, 1st ed. -What word best describes the tone of the passage?_______________________________

______________ meaning is the dictionary definition of a word.

To make a profit, the media have to be responsive to the people. They present the news they think the people want. Because they believe the majority desire entertainment, or at least diversion, rather than education, they structure the news toward this goal. Adapted from Dole & Taggart, Activate College Reading, 1st ed. -What is the purpose of this paragraph?_________________________________________

Read each sentence and choose the most appropriate tone word from the word bank. Regretful Disapproving Nostalgic Shocked Optimistic Sarcastic Apathetic Excited Urgent Frustrated -"Boy, this is just how I wanted to spend my Saturday - cutting the grass again."Tone:_______________

Here's a movie that's dopey, cheesy and sometimes downright silly. But it's a disaster movie - it's supposed to be ridiculous! Because this is all about spectacle and 2012 has plenty of that. Adapted from Dole & Taggart, Activate College Reading, 1st ed. -What word best describes the tone of the passage?________________________________

Read each sentence and choose the most appropriate tone word from the word bank. Regretful Disapproving Nostalgic Shocked Optimistic Sarcastic Apathetic Excited Urgent Frustrated -"Keith, get in here now!"Tone:_______________

Read each sentence and choose the most appropriate tone word from the word bank. Regretful Disapproving Nostalgic Shocked Optimistic Sarcastic Apathetic Excited Urgent Frustrated -"Sarah, I thought we discussed this.I do not want you going out alone at that time of night."Tone:_______________

Read each sentence and choose the most appropriate tone word from the word bank. Regretful Disapproving Nostalgic Shocked Optimistic Sarcastic Apathetic Excited Urgent Frustrated -"Ground me.I don't really care.I didn't have any plans for tonight anyway."Tone:_______________

When a tone is objective and factual, the author's purpose is most likely to ____________.

Companies have four different types of social responsibility or duties. The first duty of a company is to be profitable, and this is called its economic responsibility. The company also has a duty to obey laws and regulations; that is, it has a legal responsibility. Adapted from Dole & Taggart, Activate College Reading, 1st ed. -What is the purpose of this paragraph?_____________________________________________