Analyze Mood

Mood

overall feelings or emotions that are created FOR THE READER

Commonly missed questions - connotation/denotation

Multiple Choice

I hope I don’t have to share an office with Janice. Sandra told me how (curious, nosy) she can be.

• I got this one right! I would LOVE to explain my answer!

• I got this one wrong, but after seeing the answer, I kind of get it. I would love to share my new thinking.

• I would just like to listen for this one.

Multiple Choice

Will you please turn your stereo off? I can’t concentrate with all that (music, noise)?

• I got this one right! I would LOVE to explain my answer!

• I got this one wrong, but after seeing the answer, I kind of get it. I would love to share my new thinking.

• I would just like to listen for this one.

Multiple Choice

Can you please ask the new saleswoman not to be so (enthusiastic, pushy)? She is scaring away the customers.

• I got this one right! I would LOVE to explain my answer!

• I got this one wrong, but after seeing the answer, I kind of get it. I would love to share my new thinking.

• I would just like to listen for this one.

And finally...a bad question

Why I removed it

• Slender is not a word used often anymore

• Appearance-based words are bring a lot of emotional associations from person to person and change over time/culture

• Needs more context

• So....don't worry if you missed this one!

Mood

overall feelings or emotions that are created FOR THE READER

Multiple Choice

What is mood?

• the author's attitude toward the topic

• the dictionary definition

• the theme

• the feeling you get as the reader

Multiple Select

What is the mood? Check ALL that apply. During the holidays, our home was 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.

• Happy

• Tense

• Content

• Angry

• Relaxed

You have to support your answer with evidence from the text and reasoning!

Word choice (diction) and details create the mood for the reader.

Open Ended

What words or details support the answer that the mood is happy and content?

During the holidays, our home was glittered with decorations and hummed with preparations. We ate cookies and drank sweet 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.

During the holidays, our home was glittered with decorations and hummed with preparations. We ate cookies and drank sweet 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.

Questions to ask to find the mood:

• How did this paragraph, this passage, this story make the character or make you feel?

• How did the author describe the setting?

• How did the author describe the characters and their feelings?

• What details did they include or leave out?

• What words did the author choose? What is the connotation of those words?