Setting, Mood, & Tone

Setting

• the TIME and PLACE in which a story happens

• the LIFE LESSON of the story

• the set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular character, event, setting, situation, etc.

• to tell a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Tone

• How the author feels; an attitude of a writer toward a subject

• How the reader feels; the reactions and emotions that a work of literature produces in a reader through words and descriptions

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Mood

• How the author feels; an attitude of a writer toward a subject

• How the reader feels; the reactions and emotions that a work of literature produces in a reader through words and descriptions

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Inference

• the state of being awake and aware of one's surroundings

• explaining the meaning of someone else's creative work

• an educated guess based on evidence, logic, and reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Interpretation

• to make an educated guess based on evidence, logic, and reasoning

• explaining the meaning behind someone else's creative work

• the state of being awake and aware of one's surroundings

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Stream of Consciousness

• uninterrupted narration of a character's thoughts and feelings as they happen or pass through the mind

• to tell a story

• how the author feels; an attitude of a write toward a subject or an audience

• an already decided upon opinion about something or someone

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Narrate

• uninterrupted narration of a character's thoughts and feelings as they happen or pass through the mind

• to give a spoken or written account of; to tell the story

• to make an educated guess based on evidence and logical reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Figurative Language

• language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation

• explaining the meaning behind someone else's creative work

• the reactions and emotions that a work of literature produces in a reader through words and descriptions

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Bias

• an already decided upon opinion about something or someone

• a natural tendency or urge to act, feel, or think in a particular way

• language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation

• to make an educated guess based on evidence and logical reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

Theme

• The TIME and PLACE in which a story happens

• The LIFE LESSON of a story

• How the AUTHOR feels; an attitude of a writer toward a subject

• How the READER feels; the reactions and emotions that a work of literature produces in a reader

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2