Mood and 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.

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

• Word Choice

• Descriptions

• Language

• Font size

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.

How is mood created (check all that apply)

• Setting

• Genre

• Tone

• Sentence Structure

The tone of a boring article with no stimulating thoughts, words, or phrases would be ________________.

• insipid

• reflective

• hypercritical

• incensed

having or showing little emotion or interest

• incredulous

• apathetic

• abstruse

• ambivalent

overbearing or feeling superior

• arrogant

• ambivalent

• obsequious

• condescneding

Some people are so _____________ they will complain about the sky being too blue.

• hypercritical

• insipid

• benevolent

• empathetic

“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

How does the author's choice of words impact the mood of a text?

• The author's choice of words only impacts the plot of a text.

• The author's choice of words can only impact the characters of a text.

• The author's choice of words can impact the mood of a text by creating a specific tone or atmosphere.

• The author's choice of words has no impact on the mood of a text.