Mood vs Tone Task Cards

Whats the difference between tone and mood

• Tone signifies an author's point of view, but Mood author's signifies an point of view

• Tone signifies an author's point of view, but the mood is letting the reader feel whatever mood the writing evokes.

• Mood signifies an author's point of view, but the Tone is letting the reader feel whatever Tone the writing evokes.

What is this

The ______ is the feeling that the writer is trying to evoke in their readers

• Tone

• Mood

Mood is the feeling that the writer is trying to evoke in their readers

• True

• False

What is this

______ signifies an author's point of view.

• Tone

• Mood

Which of the following is a true statement about mood and tone?

• Mood and tone are not at all alike, and are therefore never related.

• Because they are so similar, a story's mood and tone are always the same.

• A story's tone is always established by its mood.

• Even though they sound similar, a story's mood can be very different than its tone.

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

• Bitter

• Respectful

• Objective

• Humorous

What is TONE?

• A person, place or thing

• Action words

• The author's attitude towards something

• The setting of a story

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

• humorous

• matter of fact

• sympathetic

• mood

The tone in the quote is...

• melancholic

• depressing

• motivational

• pessimistic

What mood is evoked from this passage?

• calm

• passion

• fear

• sorrow