Tangerine Tone and Mood

The overall emotional quality of a work, which is created by the authors language and tone and the subject matter.

• Emotion

• Inside Out

• Mood

• Tone

What is mood?

• where and when a story takes place

• the author's reason for writing a story

• the author's attitude toward the story

• how the story makes you feel

Which word best describes the tone of the sentence below?

The stunning poem that opens this lovely collection is rich with imagery and language.

• admiring

• bitter

• sad

• hopeful

What is tone?

• where and when a story takes place

• the author's reason for writing a story

• the author's attitude toward the story

• how the story makes you feel

What words would you use to describe the tone of this passage?

• Excited and Frustrated

• Excited and happy

• Objective and formal

• Humorous and lighthearted

_{What is TONE?}

• A person, place or thing

• Action words

• The author's attitude towards something

• The setting of a story

Read the following poem, "A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti and answer the question below.
My heart is like a singing bird   Whose nest is a weathered shoot;
My heart is like an apple-tree  
Whose boughs are bent  with thick-set fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell   That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea;
My heart is gladder than all these  
Because my love is come to me. What mood do the details of the poem convey? (Look specifically at the three things the speaker compares her heart to.)

• Sorrow

• Happiness

• Excitement

• Nervousness

To remember what tone is, some good tricks are:

• AA-author's attitude

• parent saying: "don't give me that tone"

• imagining the author's facial expression as he writes

• all of these are true

Which word BEST describes the mood of this painting?

• serious

• insecure

• cheerful

• enraged

Which word best describes the MOOD of this movie poster?

• playful

• appreciative

• cheerful

• determined