Read the essay "Starwalking with Sarah." Then answer the following.

Which word best describes the tone of "Starwalking with Sarah"?

Which word best describes the tone of the poem "I, Too"?

Read these sentences from paragraph 6 of "Silencing the Sound of Music."

Scholars believe the wood block was invented before music. And if you needed proof of that, you had only to listen to the way I played.

Which word best describes the tone of the author's words in these sentences?

Read “Breakfast,” the first chapter from the novel Jim the Boy. Then answer the following:

Which word best describes the tone of Jim’s conversation with his uncles?

Read the essay “Bug, Interrupted.” Then answer the following:

Read these lines from the essay.

And perhaps I, the parent, needed...oh, who knows? All I really know is that the fireflies appreciated my effort that night.

Which word best describes the tone of these lines?

The following item should be answered upon reading the excerpt “Wanderlust” from the autobiography A Life on the Road by Charles Kuralt, which can be found at most local or school libraries.

“Wanderlust” is a memoir of Kuralt’s early life on the road with his father, his childhood experiences on the farm, and the memory of winning a journalistic contest at age twelve.

Which of these phrases from the excerpt best communicates a positive tone?

Read the essay “The Architecture of a Soul.” Then answer the following item.

Which of these words best identifies the tone created by the author’s description of her grandmother?

The following item should be answered upon reading the poem, The Armful by Robert Frost. This poem has been removed from the mdk12.org website due to copyright restrictions. It can be found in poetry books at most local or school libraries or online on poetry websites.

In the poem The Armful, the speaker struggles to handle many parcels at one time. When the task becomes too difficult, he attempts to reorganize the items into a more manageable load.

Which word best describes the speaker’s tone in the poem?