Question

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Directions: Answer these fill-in-the-blank questions about tone and mood.

6. Look at the following passage:

And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense?-now, I say, there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enevloped in cotton. I knew that sound well, too. It was the beating of the Old Man's heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage.

A. List all the action verbs.
B How do the verbs affect the tone?
C. List the descriptions of sound.
D. List any words that hint insanity.


7. Look at the following passage:

When my head was well in the room, I undid the lantern cautiously--oh, so cautiously--cautiously (for the hinges creaked)--I undid it just so much that a single thing ray fell upon the vulture eye.

A. List all the adverbs.
B. How do the advebs affect the tone?
C. What to physical senses are used?
D. Write the words that show sensory details.

8. Loom at the following passage:

I knew that he had been lying awake ever since the first slight noise, when he had turned in the bed. His fears had been ever since growing upon him. He had been trying to fancy them causeless, but could not. He had been saying to himself--"It is nothing but the wind in the chimney--it is only a mouse crossing the floor," or "It is merely a cricket which has made a single chirp."

A. List the descriptions of sound.
B. What mood do the sounds help create?

9. Write a short paragraph describing what the various tones are and how they work together to male the mood.

Answer 1

6A. Mistake, Increased, Simulates, Knew, Say, Came, Makes, Enveloped, Beating

6B. It intensifies the tone, changes the pace of the story, causes a bit of anxiety.

6C. Low, dull, quick, beating, drum

6D. Madness, over-acuteness of sense, fury,


7A "well, cautiously, just so much"

7B. Causes it to be suspenseful

7C. Sight, Sound

7D creaked, single thin ray

8A. Slight noise, wind in the chimney, cricket chirp, mouse crossing the floor

8B. Relaxing, Suspenseful, either way you can support

The various tones of the story are suspenseful and anxious. The beating of the heart which in this case simulates fury causes the story to intensify as it is being read. It is like standing on the edge of a rock and knowing that one false move could lead you to tumbling. Yet, you do it. The intensity adds to the suspense of the story which makes the tone deep and mysterious. We want to read faster in order to get past those parts, yet it is everywhere. Like when your parents send you to put the garbage out at night, you run as fast as you can down the driveway.