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Mood .: Can YOU Tell The Difference?

Tone and mood are important literary elements that help understand an author's message and style. Tone describes the author's attitude towards the subject, which can be determined by word choice and details. Examples of tones include serious, bitter, joyful, and angry. Mood is the feeling or atmosphere perceived by the reader, indicating prevailing emotions like creepy, unsettling, or hopeful. The document uses mushroom-themed articles to illustrate analyzing tone, the author's attitude, and mood, the feelings evoked in the reader.

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Mood .: Can YOU Tell The Difference?

Tone and mood are important literary elements that help understand an author's message and style. Tone describes the author's attitude towards the subject, which can be determined by word choice and details. Examples of tones include serious, bitter, joyful, and angry. Mood is the feeling or atmosphere perceived by the reader, indicating prevailing emotions like creepy, unsettling, or hopeful. The document uses mushroom-themed articles to illustrate analyzing tone, the author's attitude, and mood, the feelings evoked in the reader.

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MOOD VS.

TONE
Can YOU Tell the Difference?

THE BASICS
Tone and mood are literary elements that are integrated into literary works. Why do they MATTER?

Important in understanding the authors message Helpful in trying to understand theme and style

LISTEN TO ME!!! AUTHOR

TONE

Describes the attitude or feelings of the writer towards a subject.


Can be determined by word choice (Diction) and details. Possible adjectives to describe tone are:

Serious Bitter Joyful Humorous Amused Angry Ironic Sarcastic

And many MANY more!

MUSHROOMS

We will now read two articles, both about mushrooms (a food open to much debate)
Focus on the Authors TONE, or attitude towards the subject. DO NOT WRITE ON THE ARTICLES, but rather, make note of words on your tone and mood worksheet.

After finding evidence of the authors tone, record a couple quotes that back up your interpretation.

What is the authors TONE??

MOOD

Mood is the feeling or atmosphere perceived by the reader.


This is the emotions that YOU feel while reading. The mood indicates a prevailing feeling or frame of mind, especially at the end of a story. All of the choices for setting, images, objects, and details contribute in creating a mood. Some words that can be used to describe mood are:

Creepy Unsettling Joyous Hopeful Depressed

And many MANY more!

MUSHROOMS

Lets return to the mushrooms


Focus on the MOOD: the feelings or atmosphere perceived by the reader (YOU). DO NOT WRITE ON THE ARTICLES, but rather, make note of words on your tone and mood worksheet.

After finding evidence of the authors mood, record a couple quotes that back up your interpretation.

What is the MOOD??

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