Mood & Tone

The mood of a passage, book, or song is...

• the author's attitude

• how you feel after reading or listening 

The projects the class just finished are amazing and beautiful! I could not be more proud!
The tone is...

• sad

• depressing

• excited

Select ALL of the words below that have a negative connotation.

• Childish

• Young

• Immature

• Youthful

Select the word below that has a more positive connotation.

• Gossipy

• Chatty

• Conversational

“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

Tone can best described as

• attitude of the reader

• the overall mood or feeling in a story

• the author's attitude toward his writing

• reader's point of view

To remember what tone is, some good tricks are:

• 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

The tone and mood of a text can be very different

• true

• false

if an author has no emotion regarding the story he is telling, his tone can be described as

• playful

• objective

• ironic

• mysterious

What is the mood?

• afraid

• bossy

• hopeful

• irritated (annoyed)