Tell me about a day when you were in a bad mood. What happened? Do Now: Open to your Journal section and respond to this prompt: Tell me about a day when you were in a bad mood. What happened?
Tone and Mood
You can recognize the tone by the author’s choice of words. Tone is the AUTHOR’S attitude towards the audience, the subject, or the character You can recognize the tone by the author’s choice of words.
Tone Watch this video clip. What is the tone of the clip? What is the author (person making this video)’s attitude towards the subject? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuWf9fP-A-U
Tone Now watch this video clip, made by a different person or “author”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5_0AGdFic How has the tone of the clip changed now that it has a new author?
MOOD Mood is the overall atmosphere created by the author’s words. The mood is created by the setting, the characters, and their actions It is the feeling the reader gets from the author’s words.
DESCRIBING MOOD Adjectives describe Mood Remember that you are not describing the way the person feels, but rather the feeling of their environment Mood words can be either positive or negative Examples: relaxed, cozy, romantic, gloomy, frightening, somber
MOOD When you identify mood, ask this question: How did this excerpt or story make you or the character feel? You will need to use adjectives!
What is the mood of this picture?
Mood: Example During the holidays, my mother's house glittered with decorations and hummed with preparations. We ate cookies and drank cider while we helped her wrap bright packages and trim the tree. We felt warm and excited, listening to Christmas carols and even singing along sometimes. We would tease each other about our terrible voices and then sing even louder. What is the mood of this excerpt? What words in the text make you think that?
Mood: Example After New Year's the time came to put all the decorations away and settle in for the long, cold winter. The house seemed to sigh as we boxed up its finery. The tree was dry and brittle, and now waited forlornly by the side of the road to be picked up. What is the mood of this excerpt? What words in the text make you think that?
Descriptive Mood Words: Furious Disappointed Content Satisfied Enraged Motivated Inspired Confident Eerie Cheerful Relieved Gloomy Bleak Uncertain Bittersweet Relaxed Hopeless Tense
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TONE AND MOOD Tone = Person + Attitude Mood = Environment
Mood Setting School Scary Circus Funny House Utopian (perfect) With your group, choose a word from each column. Then write a short story involving those items. Mood Setting Scary Funny Utopian (perfect) Magical and whimsical Somber (very sad) School Circus House Movie theater Grocery store Field or campsite