1. Setting and Mood

2. What’s a mood?
What types of mood might a person be in?

3. Do stories have moods?
How is the setting of the story connected to the mood of the story?

4. Setting Creates Mood in a Story
A murder mystery will always have a murder.
Consider the differences in the mystery if it took place in:
A cozy English drawing room, with the gritty, edgy feel of clues dredged in the sewers.
An August afternoon in a Mississippi swamp.
A glamorous Hollywood party packed with stars.

5. What mood does this setting evoke?