Mood/Tone Character Development

What can you use to figure out what a character’s traits are?

• what the character says

• what the character thinks

• how other characters react to the character

• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

Whether Man [A little man wearing a long coat and carrying an umbrella pops up from behind the sign he was holding. He speaks very fast and excitedly.] My, my, my ,my, my, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome to the Land of Expectations, Expectations, Expectations!

What is a character trait of the Whether Man?

• Mean

• Crazy/Strange

• Lazy

• Curious

What character trait is revealed?

[Sighing.] Boy, I'm exhausted! [Moves through the dance routine sluggishly, making many mistakes.] I know I can do it...I just wish I wasn't so tired. Oh well, I have to give it my all tomorrow. I can't lose the competition!

• passionate

• frustrated

• intelligent

• bored

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

What are stage directions?

• types of characters that appear frequently in movies, TV shows, books, etc.

• instructions in the script of a play, usually indicating movement or tone of a character

• the words spoken by characters

• what the actor contributes to the character

A story's atmosphere or the feeling it evokes in the reader

• humorous
• matter of fact
• sympathetic
• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is MOOD?

• How a reader feels when reading a story
• An action word
• A person, place or thing
• The same thing as tone

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5D

_{What is TONE?}

• A person, place or thing
• Action words
• The author's attitude towards something
• The setting of a story

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5D

What is the mood?

• afraid
• bossy
• hopeful
• irritated (annoyed)

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.4

Mood is also called...

• boring

• emotion

• tone

• atmosphere

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5D

Choose the positive mood woods...

• cheerful

• gloomy

• suspenseful

• lighthearted

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.7.5D