Name: _________________________________

Date: __________

Period:______

English IV
Ms. Ruesta/ Ms. Petito
Unit 1: Chasing Success
Identifying Tone
Names of
Presenters

I believe
the tone
word is
(claim)
annoyed

TEACHER
SAMPLE

Textual evidence from their story:

1. her fathers false teeth make that clop-clop

sound like a horse on a walk as he talked

2. her mothers mouth goes up and down like

a donkeys as she chewed each mouthful.
3. with a smile on my face but disgust in my
heart

Explanation of how the evidence supports my

claim:
1. & 2. The diction Kincaid uses in this excerpt
conveys this annoyed tone. Her parents are
described as animals, specifically a horse and a
donkey. These are animals that are typically the
least beautiful and elegant of farm animals. She
also includes onamonapia (the clop clop of her
fathers chewing) so readers can hear the
revolting sound of him chewing with his mouth
open.
3. The contradiction in this line reveals that Annie
is going through the motions of being happy and
simply putting on a show. In reality, she is

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Their tone
word was...
annoyed

Name: _________________________________

Names of
Presenters

I believe
the tone
word is
(claim)

Textual evidence from their story:

Date: __________

Explanation of how the evidence supports my

claim:

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Period:______

Their tone
word was...