Mrs. Abendaño 7th Grade ELA Mood vs. Tone Mrs. Abendaño 7th Grade ELA

TONE What is tone? Tone is the writer's/speaker’s attitude (emotion) toward his/her subject. Why does it matter? Tone helps to establish the mood, and mood is what makes us engaged in a book, text, song, movie, or TV show.

Tone Activity—Quick sentence Read the following sentence aloud: “ I am a student at Banks Trail Middle School.” Now raise your hand if you would like to read the sentence again but now with emotion that accompanies one of the tones from the list of tone words.

Do you see what a difference tone can make?

MOOD Mood, or atmosphere, is the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage. Writer’s use many devices to create mood, including images, dialogue, setting, and plot. Often, a writer creates a mood at the beginning of a work and then sustains the mood throughout. Sometimes, however, the mood of the work changes dramatically.

Important Terms: Tone in literat ure tells us how the author th ink s about his or her subject. The author's style conveys the tone in literature. Tone is the author's attitude toward story and readers. Mood is the effect of the writer's words on the reader . Mood is how the writer’s words make us feel.

MOOD WORDS Joyful Tenderness Helpless Defeated Rageful Cheerful Sympathy Powerless Bored Outraged Content Adoration Dreading Rejected Hostile Proud Fondness Distrusting Disillusioned Bitter Satisfied Receptive Suspicious Inferior Hateful Excited Interested Cautious Confused Scornful Amused Delighted Disturbed Grief-stricken Spiteful Elated Shocked Overwhelmed Vengeful Enthusiastic Exhilarated Uncomfortable Isolated Disliked Optimistic Dismayed Guilty Numb Resentful Amazed Hurt Regretful Trusting Lonely Ambivalent Alienated Calm Stunned Melancholy Exhausted Relaxed Depressed Insecure Insulted Relieved Intrigued Hopeless Disgusted Indifferent

Thinking about mood… What is the mood of this movie based on the following clip? Look at your list of mood words while you are watching it.

MOOD WORDS (Again) Joyful Tenderness Helpless Defeated Rageful Cheerful Sympathy Powerless Bored Outraged Content Adoration Dreading Rejected Hostile Proud Fondness Distrusting Disillusioned Bitter Satisfied Receptive Suspicious Inferior Hateful Excited Interested Cautious Confused Scornful Amused Delighted Disturbed Grief-stricken Spiteful Elated Shocked Overwhelmed Vengeful Enthusiastic Exhilarated Uncomfortable Isolated Disliked Optimistic Dismayed Guilty Numb Resentful Happiness Amazed Hurt Regretful Trusting Lonely Ambivalent Alienated Calm Stunned Melancholy Exhausted Relaxed Depressed Insecure Insulted Relieved Intrigued Hopeless Disgusted Indifferent

Hopefully this will help in understanding mood a little bit more… Now watch this clip and see how easily the mood can be changed! Also, notice how the intended mood can make a difference in how we feel as viewers (or readers).

So remember… TONE is the writer/speaker’s ATTITUDE MOOD is the FEELING created in the reader.