Mood and Imagery from literature book

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5 questions
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Read the following sentences from The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Based on these sentences, how would you describe the mood?
"The maple tree...burned like a gigantic torch" (4-5).
"The fields stretched like a carpet of jewels" (5-6).
"The color shouted and sang to [Kit]" (7).

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What type of imagery is mainly being used in the following lines from Boy: Tales of Childhood?
[Mrs. Prackett's] apron was grey and greasy. Her blouse had bits of breakfast all over it, toast crumbs and tea stains and splotches of dried egg yolk.

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How would you describe the overall mood the imagery creates?
[Mrs. Prackett's] apron was grey and greasy. Her blouse had bits of breakfast all over it, toast crumbs and tea stains and splotches of dried egg yolk.

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What words and details in the following lines help to create a cheerful mood? Choose 2.

Mr. John Philip Johnson shut his front door behind him and went down his front steps into the bright mornings with a feeling that all was well with the world on this best of all days, and wasn't the sun warm and good, and didn't his shoes feel comfortable...

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Read the following words and details from Rip Van Winkle. What mood do they help create?

"a deep, mountain glen, wild, lonely, and shagged..." (1-2)
"...long blue shadows..." (5)
"...looking fearfully down into the glen" (16)