HW: Mood

Which of these words best describes the mood of the first passage?

• happy

• relaxed

• tense

• desperate

Which of these details does not help create the mood of the first passage?

• a scratching sound against the house

• the fact that Nathan had been in the old house before

• a low moan

• three loud knocks

After reading the poem, describe the mood.

• romantic and delighted

• worried and tense

• joyful and merry

• gloomy and hopeless

Which of these details does not help create the mood of the poem?

• a cold shadow

• upon my mind

• my heart shivers

• you left me

Which of these best describes the mood of the second passage?

• delighted

• serious

• unhappy

• hopeful

Check off at least three phrases that helps create the joyful mood of the second passage.

• bright and breezy day

• laughed out loud

• the sparkling sand

• fishing in the sky

• parents cheered

Which phrase best defines MOOD in a literary work?

• the reader's opinion about the work

• language that describes the physical senses

• the overall feeling the work produces

• the writer's purpose in writing

What is the mood of the stanzas in the second poem?

• comical

• peaceful

• pleased

• jubilant

What three phrases convey this mood.

• Oh, alive!

• The house is gone

• Ah, I see you now.

• Gone.

• but alive

The overall feeling a literary work causes a reader to feel.

• tone

• mood

• word choice

• gloomy