(Look specifically at the three things the speaker compares her heart to.)
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Explain tone. Then, create a complete sentence and explain the tone of that
sentence.
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Explain mood. Then, create a complete sentence and explain the mood of that
sentence.
Read the following poem, "A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti and answer the
question below. My heart is like a singing bird
Whose nest is a weathered shoot;
My heart is like an apple-tree
Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit;
My heart is like a rainbow shell
That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea;
My heart is gladder than all these
Because my love is come to me.
QUESTION: What mood do the details of the poem convey?
A sorrow
B happiness
C excitedness
D nervousness
Read the following lines from "The Garden of Proserpine" by Algernon Swinburne.
Then answer the question below.
There go the loves that wither [dry up],
The old loves with wearier wings;
And all dead years draw thither [there]
And disastrous things;
Dead dreams of days foresaken,
Blind buds that snows have shaken,
Wild leaves that winds have taken,
Red strays of ruined springs. ...
And love, grown faint and fretful
With lips but half regretful Sighs, and with eyes forgetful Weeps that no loves
endure [last].
QUESTION: In the first two lines, what images does the speaker use to describe
love?
A Loves that go away and have exhausted wings
B Loves that grow both wobbly and worrisome
C Loves that die
D Loves whose is both young and old
Read the following lines from "The Garden of Proserpine" by Algernon Swinburne.
Then answer the question below.
There go the loves that wither [dry up],
The old loves with wearier wings;
And all dead years draw thither [there]
And disastrous things;
Dead dreams of days foresaken,
Blind buds that snows have shaken,
Wild leaves that winds have taken,
Red strays of ruined springs. ...
love, grown faint and fretful
With lips but half regretful
Sighs, and with eyes forgetful
Weeps that no loves endure [last].
QUESTION: What mood do the details in the poem convey?
A Wastefulness and excess
B Happiness
C Sadness and despair
D Mistrust
Which tone is represented in the following passage?
Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost
fly!
A calm
B annoyed
C scary
D excited
Which tone is represented in the following passage?
She delicately placed the cooing baby on a soft, freshly cleaned blanket.
A calm
B annoyed
C scary
D excited
Which tone is represented in the following passage?
As that hurricane threatened, the wind's blast caused angry fifteen-foot waves
to crash over the small houses near the shore.
A calm
B annoyed
C scary
D excited
Which tone is represented in the following passage?
Ugh! Do I really have to sit through another boring lecture on data entry again.
A calm
B annoyed
C scary
D excited
What is the tone of the following passage?
The alarm buzzed. Jordan smashed her fist down on it--hard. It flew off the
nightstand and bounced off her cat, Armstrong. The cat yowled indignantly and
rocketed out the room.