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Grade 8 Tone & Mood Worksheet with Answers

Grade 8 (US) · Year 9 (UK) · Class 8 (India) · English

Unit 4: Reading LiteratureTone, Mood & PoetryCCSS RL.8.4

Telling the author's tone from the mood a passage creates, and naming both. This free middle school worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.

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Tone & Mood

Grade 8 · English

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Learning goal: Tone, Mood & Poetry · CCSS RL.8.4

Directions: This worksheet has 3 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.

RememberTone and mood

Tonethe author's attitudeMoodhow the reader feelsPositivecheerful, hopeful, playfulNegativebitter, gloomy, anxiousNeutralformal, objective, calmCluesword choice, details, setting
Part A

Mood?

  1. 1

    Sunlight sparkled on the lake as children laughed and splashed.

  2. 2

    The dark house creaked, and a cold wind howled through the broken window.

  3. 3

    The empty swing moved slowly in the gray rain.

Part B

What is the tone of each sentence?

  1. 4

    Remember when we built that crooked treehouse? Those were the days.

  2. 5

    Some people think reading is boring. Clearly they've never opened a good book.

  3. 6

    I can't wait for the trip — it's going to be amazing!

  4. 7

    The results suggest a modest increase in rainfall.

  5. 8

    You must wear a helmet. No exceptions.

  6. 9

    Oh great, another Monday. Just what I needed.

  7. 10

    How dare they cut down the oldest tree in town!

Part C

Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.

  1. 11

    What is the difference between tone and mood?

  2. 12

    Which words create the mood in: 'The silent, shadowy forest swallowed the last light'?

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  1. 1.cheerful / joyful
  2. 2.spooky / eerie
  3. 3.sad / gloomy
  4. 4.nostalgic
  5. 5.playfully critical / persuasive
  6. 6.excited / enthusiastic
  7. 7.neutral / objective
  8. 8.serious / strict
  9. 9.sarcastic
  10. 10.angry / outraged
  11. 11.tone is the author's attitude; mood is how the reader feels
  12. 12.silent, shadowy, swallowed
  13. ★footsteps (challenge corner)

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