1. Tone and Mood

2. 1.) What is tone? Tone: the author’s attitude towards the subject.
Tone is the way feelings are expressed
Think of your vocal tone-
I love Justin Bieber
The Falcons won last night
The way you say it makes a difference!

3. 2.) How do authors SHOW tone?
Word choice. (also called diction)
Point of view (the author’s point of view vs. the events that occur )
Syntax (arrangement of words to create sentences)
Formality (how formal or informal is the writing of the piece?)
Readers must make INFERENCES; tone is not stated explicitly

4. 3.) Positive, negative, neutral
You must decide how the author views the subject: positive, negative, or neutral tone
What do you think? (+, -, neutral)
admiring, bitter, questioning, annoyed, objective, sympathetic, reflective, joyful, humorous, serious, optimistic
NOTE: textbooks, nonfiction texts will always have a formal, neutral tone- objective

5. 1 subject, 6 tones optimistic, bitter, tolerant, sentimental, humorous, objective
a. This place may be shabby, but since both of my children were born while we lived here, it has a special place in my heart.
b. This isn’t the greatest apartment in the world, but it’s not really that bad.
c. If only there were some decent jobs out there, I wouldn’t be reduced to living in this miserable dump.
e. This place does need some repairs, but I’m sure the landlord will be making improvements sometime soon.
f. When we move away, we’re planning to release three hundred cockroaches and two mice, so we can leave the place exactly as we found it.
g. This is the apartment we live in. It provides shelter.

6. Tone: Sentimental, reflective
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.
Tone: Sentimental, reflective
Evidence: this is a memory- informal, positive, warm, excited, glittered, bright

7. 5.) The Pond
The girls were playing in the pond, splashing each other and trying to catch fish with their hands. They were having fun, but kept looking over their shoulders at the looming forest. The long grass of the field kept moving and they sort of felt like they were being watched… About a half hour passed and still the girls kept checking the field for movements. It seemed like a pair of dark eyes was on them. They even considered going back inside, but that would mean homework time. So they continued splashing, but with caution now. Their eyes hardly left the field.
Tone:
Evidence:

8. In the short story “The Ransom of Red Chief” by O
In the short story “The Ransom of Red Chief” by O. Henry, two men attempt to kidnap a wealthy man’s son for a ransom. However, the boy is a troublemaker and they can’t wait to get rid of him. The boy’s father sends this note to the men in response to their ransom demand:

9. Gentlemen: I received your letter today by post, in regard to the ransom you ask for the return of my son. I think you are a little high in your demands, and I hereby make you a counter proposition, which I am inclined to believe you will accept. You bring Johnny home and pay me two hundred and fifty dollars in cash, I agree to take him off your hands. You had better come at night, for the neighbors believe he is lost, and I couldn’t be responsible for what they would do to anyone they saw bringing him back. Very respectfully, EBENEZER DORSET Tone: Evidence:

10. 1.) What is mood?
Mood: the overall atmosphere created in a piece of literature; emotions felt by the reader.
Think of your moods
Usually in reaction to the setting, events, people around you

11. 2.) How do readers identify mood?
Readers identify the mood/atmosphere through…
Setting, characters, plot events
Dialogue
Descriptions, word choice (also called diction)
There can be different moods in different passages of a story.
Readers must make INFERENCES; mood is not stated explicitly

12. Setting
Dialogue
Characters

13. Tone: Sentimental, reflective Mood: Content, joyous
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.
Tone: Sentimental, reflective
Mood: Content, joyous
Evidence: warm, excited, glittered, bright- this is a happy memory

14. 3.) After the Holidays
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.
Mood:
Evidence:

15. 4.) Annabel Lee For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, In the sepulcher there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea. Mood: Tone: Evidence:

16. REMEMBER
TONE= AUTHOR’S ATTITUDE
MOOD= READER’S FEELINGS