Consider the following situation: You are evaluating a descriptive paragraph. First you read the criteria for the
Mood category from the plus-and-minus chart. Then you read the
descriptive paragraph.
Which mood is presented in this
paragraph?
Criteria for Mood
Story creates a definite mood or atmosphere, such as
suspenseful, joyful, or relaxed
Descriptive Paragraph
Feathery clouds brushed across the setting sun. The
three friends dangled their legs off the pier and silently
watched the sun dip down over the bay. After an hour or
so, at twilight, the lights on the boathouse came on and
threw a soft glow over the dark expanse.
A. lively
B. peaceful
C. tense
D. no mood

Wealth is greater than health prove

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.

Tap out the stresses as you read line 9. which analysis best describes the rhythm and its effect on meaning