1. Tone and mood OBJECTIVES: What is Tone? What is Mood?
How are Tone and Mood Effective in Writing?
Tone and mood

2. Video Clip: Tone vs Mood
mW2VTUOSWs

3. The Author’s TONE (AKA ATTITUDE)
___________________ ___________________ feelings and emotions

4. Tone attitude WHAT IS TONE?
_________________ is the author’s _______________________ toward the writing (his characters, the situation) and the readers.
A work of writing can have more than one tone.
An example of tone could be both serious and humorous.
Tone is set by the setting, choice of vocabulary and other details.
The tone is INFERRED by the author’s diction.
attitude

5. Tone examples: Lamenting (Sad) Jubilant Livid (Happy) (Outraged)
Awed Ambivalent
(Impressed) (Undecided)

6. MOOD MY
________ feelings and emotions

7. WHAT IS MOOD?
Mood
________________ is the general atmosphere created by the author’s words.
It is the feeling the reader gets from reading those words.
It may be the same, or it may change from situation to situation.

8. Words That Describe Mood:
Fanciful Melancholy Frightening Mysterious Frustrating Romantic Gloomy Sentimental Happy Sorrowful Joyful Suspenseful

9. What is the Mood?
In the next six slides, try to guess the mood that the image creates.

10. MOOD/_________________
Frightened, scared

11. MOOD/_____________
Cheerful, excited

12. MOOD/____________
Content, happy

13. MOOD/_________________
Frustrated, upset

14. Tone vs mood examples: Tone Mood confident content wounded depressed
uncertain embarrassed
clever intelligent
optimistic peaceful
suspicious doubtful
light-hearted cheerful
enthusiastic passionate
resentful bitter
smug satisfied

15. Video Clip
n5VwA