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Reading and All That Jazz: Tuning Up Your Reading, Thinking, and Study Skills, 2/e

Peter Mather, Glendale Community College
Rita McCarthy, Glendale Community College

Tone

Multiple Choice

Directions: Read the following statements and decide the tone.


1	"Hey, it's not my problem. It's your problem. I'm going to do what I'm going to do. You don't like it, that's just tough."
		A)	excited
		B)	self-pitying
		C)	contemptuous


2	"I can't decide it I should stay in school or drop out and get a job."
		A)	peevish
		B)	ambivalent
		C)	playful


3	"Oh, thank you for the necklace. It's lovely. It's just what I've always wanted."
		A)	informal
		B)	appreciative
		C)	objective


4	"Don't feel bad about forgetting my birthday, Sweetie. I know you've been busy. It's really not that important."
		A)	forgiving
		B)	amused
		C)	bitter


5	"You're late to pick me up again. This is the fifth time this week! Don't give me your excuses. I don't want to hear it."
		A)	tragic
		B)	surprised
		C)	outraged


6	"Well of course you're right and I'm wrong. I keep forgetting that someone as brilliant as you say you are is never wrong."
		A)	informal
		B)	sarcastic
		C)	humorous


7	"Of all the nerve. Can you believe some people? Hey, lady! I'm next in line. Wait your turn."
		A)	angry
		B)	befuddled
		C)	sorrowful


8	"Mike, you're making far too many errors in your papers. I suggest you proofread them more carefully."
		A)	surprised
		B)	witty
		C)	critical


9	"He's had all kinds of problems and yet he just keeps on trying. I have nothing but respect for the guy."
		A)	admiring
		B)	solemn
		C)	cheerful


10	"Tina was so sweet. She used to make little flowers and smiley faces for me when she was three. She was such a loving child."
		A)	charming
		B)	nostalgic
		C)	amused


11	"Mommy, why does Ann always get to sit next to the window? I want to sit next to the window. You never let me sit there. It's not fair! And I'm hungry, too."
		A)	optimistic
		B)	formal
		C)	whining


12	"I hate to loan you my car. Something bad always happens to it. I know it's not going to be any different this time either. Why should it be?"
		A)	ironic
		B)	nostalgic
		C)	cynical


13	What is tone?
		A)	a kind of writing that uses ridicule to create awareness of flaws and to bring about change
		B)	a contrast between what people say and what they actually mean
		C)	a kind of writing in which the subject is magnified beyond reality by using adjectives and sweeping generalizations
		D)	the emotional quality of a piece of writing


14	What is irony?
		A)	a kind of writing that uses ridicule to create awareness of flaws and to bring about change
		B)	a contrast between what people say and what they actually mean
		C)	a kind of writing in which the subject is magnified beyond reality by using adjectives and sweeping generalizations
		D)	the emotional quality of an article


15	What is satire?
		A)	a kind of writing that uses ridicule to create awareness of flaws and to bring about change
		B)	a contrast between what people say and what they actually mean
		C)	a kind of writing in which the subject is magnified beyond reality by using adjectives and sweeping generalizations
		D)	the emotional quality of an article

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