1. You will need your notebook “The Monkey’s Paw” Literary Devices: tone Mood/Atmosphere Theme

2. TONE Is the writer’s attitude toward the subject and audience.
The feeling the text is trying to convey (give) to the reader
It is how the writing is trying to feel or the feeling it is trying to make the reader have.

3. Literary Device: Mood/Atmosphere
Is the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.
A work’s atmosphere can often be described in one or two adjectives such as: scary, happy, sad or nostalgic.
A writer produces atmosphere by creating images and using sounds that convey a particular feeling.

4. Example
A frozen field covered with ice and snow. A solitary, leafless, and withered old tree weakly stands under the blank sky.
Assignment: write a brief explanation of the mood the author created with the passage above and how you know.
The mood conveyed in the example is . I think this because

5. THEME IS A CENTRAL MESSAGE, CONCERN OR PURPOSE IN A LITERARY WORK
IT IS OFTEN A MESSAGE ABOUT LIFE, PEOPLE OR HUMANITY.
WHAT DID YOU GAIN OR LEARN TO MAKE YOU A BETTER PERSON?

6. DEATH FATE OR FREE WILL FAMILY THE SUPERNATURAL TECHNOLOGY AND MODERNIZATION There is the cliché themes BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR Listen to warnings Be happy with what you have

7. In W.W. Jacob’s tale, “The Monkey’s Paw,” the author discusses the theme of _____________________________________________. To begin with, this theme is seen_____________________________ *This shows that__________________________________________ **This is important because________________________________ Next, the theme is reflected________________________________ *This displays____________________________________________ **This is significant because________________________________ (I have learned) __________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ *THIS PROVES… **THIS IS REVEALING BECAUSE… *THIS INDICATES… **IN OTHER WORDS…