Mood and Tone Lesson

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Relieved

Peaceful

Dreamy

Grateful

Thankful

Refreshed

Amused

Thoughtful

Calm

Flirty

Aggravated

Lonely

Rejected

Enraged

Cranky

Nervous

Jealous

Pessimistic

Embarrassed

Crushed

While you are waiting, place each word into the correct connotation ( how the word makes you feel) category.

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Tone VS Mood

What’s the difference?

​I can analyze how the author's use of language contributes to mood, voice, and tone

During our lesson, think about this...

In what ways can the mood of a story influence how you feel about the characters and their actions?

Tone is the AUTHOR’S attitude
towards the audience, the
subject, or the character.

Mood is the READER’S
feeling they get from a
story.

Tone

Mood

Tone is shown through

● Dialogue

● Descriptions –

author’s diction
[word choice]

Mood is shown through

● Setting

● Atmosphere

Tone is NOT Mood.

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tone might be whimsical.
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tone might be critical.
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tone could be objective.

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atmosphere

Multiple Choice

What is tone?

• When and where a story takes place.

• The author's purpose for writing a story.

• The author's attitude in a text.

• How the story makes readers feel

Multiple Choice

What is mood?

• Where and when the story takes place.

• The author's attitude in a text.

• The author's purpose for writing a text.

• How the text makes the reader feel.

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Highlight positive words/phrases in green and negative words/phrases in yellow.

Draw

Highlight positive words/phrases in green and negative words/phrases in yellow.

Open Ended

What did you notice about the difference in tone and mood between the two songs?

You can use this sentence stem:

I noticed that in Dolly’s song the tone was _________, but in Beyonce's song the tone was ____________. I believe this because ________.

Multiple Choice

Which passage below has the most whimsical tone?

• The creature moved its sharp claws over the strange device, and the noise was loud and distracting.

• The lovely fairy danced her long fingers over the harp, and the music carried us gently into a trance.

• The creature played the instrument, and we listened to the music it made.

• The monster produced a terrifying noise, and we tried hard not to scream and give away our hiding place.

Multiple Choice

Which passage below has the most critical tone?

• On the train, the man slowly clipped his fingernails. He focused on the task, beginning with his pinky finger and finishing with his thumb.

• On the train, the tired, old man began clipping his fingernails. He was trying to distract himself from his loneliness by focusing on this one small task, moving from pinky to thumb.

• The man—right in the middle of the crowded train—began to clip his long, yellow fingernails. He did it slowly, as if he didn't even care that a dozen other people could see and hear him.

• The man on the train clipped his fingernails. It took him 2 minutes and 8 seconds. He started on his pinky and finished with his thumb. When he was finished, he put the clippers back into his jacket pocket.

Multiple Choice

Which words and phrases best show the sentimental tone in the passage below?

I got out of the old car and took a few halting steps up the driveway. A cloud of warmth drifted out of the window and embraced me like a comforting hug. I knew that smell: fresh bread that Papa had just taken from the oven. I heard the familiar pitch of his whistle as he slowly stirred tomato soup on the stovetop. I ran to open the screen door because, now, I knew where I was. I was home.

• "warmth," "comforting hug" and "home"

• "car," "tomato soup" and "door"

• "old," "halting" and "out the window"

• "driveway," "screen door" and "slowly stirred"

Multiple Choice

Lana was bursting with excitement. She paced up and down, and every few minutes, headed to the window to check for the mail carrier. When he finally showed up, she ran down the path and stretched out her hand for the mail. She took a deep breath and, hands shaking, ripped open the envelope.

What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?

• Humorous

• Persuasive

• Anxious

• Cheerful

Open Ended

In what ways can the mood of a story influence how you feel about the characters and their actions?

You can use this sentence stem:

I believe the mood of a story can change the way I feel about a character by _________.