mood lesson

Aside from setting, authors also use strong _____ and _____ to create a specific mood in a story.

• word choice

• theme

• plot

• imagery

“Meg knelt at her mother’s feet. The warmth and light of the kitchen had relaxed her so that her attic fears were gone. The cocoa steamed fragrantly in the saucepan; geraniums bloomed on the window sills and there was a bouquet of tiny yellow chrysanthemums in the center of the table. The curtains, red, with a blue and green geometrical pattern were drawn and seemed to reflect their cheerfulness throughout the room. The furnace purred like a great, sleepy animal; the lights glowed with steady radiance…” (16)

• Harsh

• Comforting

• Excited

• Spooky

“They were standing in a sunlit field, and the air about them was moving with the delicious fragrance that comes only on the rarest of spring days when the sun’s touch is gentle and the apple blossoms are just beginning to unfold.” (67)

• Peaceful

• Suspenseful

• scared

• Exciting

The setting of a story is...

• where and when it takes place

• its message, lesson, or moral

• the way it feels (the atmosphere)

_____ are short lines that are arranged in groups.

• Free verse

• Theme

• Stanzas

• Personification

• Mood

_____ is the feeling the poem creates for the reader.

• Free verse

• Theme

• Stanzas

• Personification

• Mood

A strong theme...

• is specific to the characters and plot of the story

• is universal; could apply to anyone's life

What is the mood?

• sad
• approving
• nervous
• silly

What is the mood?

• brave
• honest
• scared
• calm

_____ is a poem without regular rhyme or rhythm, and without a fixed stanza pattern or line length.

• Free verse

• Theme

• Stanzas

• Personification

• Mood