Tone and Mood

Mood vs. Tone

What is the difference?

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Tone can best described as

• attitude of the reader

• the overall mood or feeling in a story

• the author's attitude toward his writing

• reader's point of view

Tone

Tone refers to an author's use of words and writing style to convey his or her attitude toward a topic. It is often defined as what the author feels about the subject.

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Tone is most closely related to :

• Emotion

• Capitalization

• Erudition

• Punctuation

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What is the tone of the following sentence? "'Here we go again,' he moaned, as he watched the other team score yet another goal."

• Joy

• Fury

• Excitement

• Frustration

Mood- What are the Basic Elements?

• Setting: Where and When

• Imagery: look for images that are repeated or described in detail

• Tone: The attitude of the piece of writing

• Diction: Word Choice

• Genre and Plot:

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mood is created by...

• setting

• images

• dialogue

• events

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What is the relationship between the mood of a piece of writing, and the reader of that piece?

• Mood is the feeling the reader gets from a piece of writing.

• Mood is the knowledge the reader gains from a piece of writing.

• Mood is the relationship the reader develops with the author of a piece of writing.

• Mood is the amount of sympathy the reader feels for the characters within a piece of writing.

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What might be the setting of a story with a lighthearted, relaxed mood?

• A drafty old castle

• The beach on a sunny day

• A junior high school math class

• An isolated cottage deep in the dark woods

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A story's mood is often implied, instead of stated outright. What does "implied" mean?

• Declared

• Hinted at

• Denied

• Deceptive

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A story's atmosphere or the feeling it evokes in the reader

• humorous
• matter of fact
• sympathetic
• mood

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What is MOOD?

• How a reader feels when reading a story
• An action word
• A person, place or thing
• The same thing as tone

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Mood is also called...

• boring

• emotion

• tone

• atmosphere

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If a passages tone is playful, the author's attitude is...

• full of amusement, lighthearted.
• serious, non humorous.
• haunting, spooky.
• uncaring.

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The tone and mood of a text can be very different

• true
• false