Mood & Tone Vocabulary

What is tone?

• The author's overall attitude towards a subject.

• How the author wants you to feel when reading

• When the author gives careful consideration to the setting.

• The emotional vibe of a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following is NOT a way an author creates tone?

• Word Choice

• Descriptions

• Language

• Font size

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is mood?

• The feelings or vibes brought out in the reader through an author's words and descriptions.

• The author's attitude towards a subject.

• The character traits of the protagonist and antagonist.

• The author's claim about a topic.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

How is mood created (check all that apply)

• Setting

• Genre

• Tone

• Sentence Structure

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

“There was no moon, and everything beneath lay in misty darkness: not a light gleamed from any house, far or near all had been extinguished long ago: and those at Wuthering Heights were never visible…” What is the mood of this selection from Wuthering Heights?

• Serene

• Depressing

• Worried

• Foolish

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Tone is the ​ (a)   attitude towards the text. Tone and ​ (b)   are ​ (c)   from one another. Mood refers to the reader's​ (d)   But, both mood and tone are ​ (e)   through the author's word choice.

• author's
• mood
• different
• feelings.
• conveyed