Directions: Read the passages and underline words and phrases that help set the mood. Write down the mood of the passage and explain your answer. Mood # 1

1. Trey looked out the window. The rain was still pouring down. He threw his baseball glove on the couch with a sigh. The thunder cracked and his phone dinged. Trey picked up the phone. It was a message from his cousin: The game is cancelled because of the weather. Trey didn't reply to the message. He threw the phone back on his bed and rubbed his temples. The rain pattered on the roof.

Q: What is the MOOD of this paragraph?

Q: Why do you believe this? Explain your answer by referring to the text and providing exact evidence.

Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of  animal farm.by the autumn the animals were tired but happy. they had had a hard year, and after the sale of part of the hay and corn, the stores of food for the winter were none too plentiful, but the windmill compensated for everything. it was almost half built now.how does the pacing of this passage affect the reader’s interpretation of the text? a flashback to earlier events provides a pause in the pacing to slow events down.foreshadowing of events provides information as to what will happen to the windmill.the pace of the text quickens to convey the characters’ resolve to finish the windmill.the pace of the text quickens to move the story to its climax, the completion of the windmill.

Which kind of narrator knows the thoughts and see all of the charters in the story

Choose the letter of the word that most clearly expresses the tone in each passage. if you are unfamiliar with any of the words, look them up before you select the correct answer. we have come together this afternoon to mourn the deaths of sixteen miners—our friends and neighbors—who were trapped by fire yesterday, deep below the earth. they lived bravely and they died too soon, leaving behind grieving wives and bewildered children. we bid them a final farewell. question 1 options: forgiving sorrowful angry amused