Tone and Mood in Poetry

A warm fire crackled in the fireplace, and the chairs gathered around it were large and soft. A deep, luxurious carpet greeted cold toes with a comforting embrace, while the huge pillows thrown about the floor suggested it would be okay to stretch out for a while to warm up.

What word best describes the mood of this passage?

• welcoming

• tense

• silly

• cold

The tone and mood of a text can be very different

• true

• false

What is the mood?

• hopeful

• bossy

• embarrassed

• excited

Authors set a TONE or MOOD in literature by conveying an emotion or emotions through ________.

• pictures

• height

• words

• funny faces

the feeling or atmosphere that a poem creates

• Tone

• Mood

• Personification

• Metaphor

attitude a writer takes toward a subject

• Hyperbole

• Mood

• Tone

• Imager

What is tone in poetry?

• Attitude or mood conveyed by the poet

• The rhyme scheme of the poem

• The structure of the poem

• The main theme of the poem

Which of the following is an example of a positive mood in literature?

• When the protagonist achieves their goal and experiences happiness and contentment.

• When the protagonist faces a tragic event and feels sadness and despair.

• When the protagonist fails to achieve their goal and feels disappointment and frustration.

• When the protagonist is in a neutral state and feels neither positive nor negative emotions.

Which of the following words best describes a serious tone in poetry?

• playful

• lighthearted

• humorous

• solemn

What is mood in literature?

• The mood in literature is the atmosphere or emotional tone of a piece of writing.

• The mood in literature is the author's writing style.

• The mood in literature is the plot of the story.

• The mood in literature is the main character's personality.