Find the Author's Tone in an Article

Read the passages aloud so students hear the tone. After the article sheet, have students rewrite one sentence in the opposite tone.

Compare the enthusiastic and critical tones of two articles about the Riverside Park Night Market. Tone is the author's attitude toward a subject, and you can hear it in the words the author chooses. The directions on the page read: Read the article. Write the tone word from the box that fits it best, and copy three words or phrases from the article that show that tone. Then answer question 1. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade comprehension exercises, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with word choice and tone. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Look for words that carry feeling. In Word Choice and Tone, words like froze and hammering make a passage tense, while still and glided make another peaceful.

Words with almost the same meaning can feel different. How Word Choice Changes Meaning shows that thrifty sounds wise while stingy sounds unfair.

Yes. In Find the Author's Tone in an Article, one report says the band played joyful songs, while the other says it was so loud that windows rattled.