Mood and Tone Quick Check

What is the definition of mood?

• The author's attitude or feeling toward his/her subject.

• The time and place a story takes place

• The atmosphere or emotion the author creates for the reader.

• The turning point of a story

What is the definition of tone?

• A direct comparison of two unlike things

• The author's attitude or feeling toward his/her subject

• The atmosphere the author creates for the reader

• Giving human qualities to something that is not human

Authors set a tone and create a mood in literature by conveying and evoking emotions through...

• pictures

• words

• structure

• format

"They plan to kill General Washington." He closed the book, set it on the floor, and leaned forward, his elbows on his knees. "Tell me all" (103).

What is the tone of the dialogue?

• informal

• optimistic

• serious

• happy

What is the tone of the following text?

"I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you slink away!" (108).

• pleased

• angry

• happy

• suspicious

"Folks were prickly and fearful. Loyalist shopkeepers had been tarred and feathered by angry mobs and their shops destroyed. Each day dawned hotter than the one before" (106).

What is the mood of the passage?

• romantic

• joyful

• sorrowful

• suspenseful