Transcript How do you feel today?

Bell Work
Use descriptive words to
explain the scene below
Mood
MOOD is the overall
feelings or emotions that are
created in the reader.
• The “power of the pen” can
move mountains…
• Authors “move” their
readers’ moods through their
choice of words and level of
detail. (Imagery)
Example of Mood
“Whenever it fell upon me, my
blood ran cold; and so by
degrees—very gradually– I
made up my mind to take the
life of the old man, and thus
rid myself of the eye forever.”
What mood is created
here?
Intense / vengeful /
threatening
How does time (setting) affect
mood?
“And now at the dead hour
of the night…”
Tone
• Tone is the author’s
attitude toward the subject
and/or the reader.
• You can recognize the
tone by the word choices
the author uses. The language
will reveal their opinion,
whether it is positive/negative,
about the subject.
• Tone must be inferred by
what is said and by what is not.
Tone
“Watch your tone!”
• The literary term Tone concerns itself
with the way in which something is
said/written.
• As readers what do we look at to determine
HOW an author/character is saying
something?
– Word choice
– Sentence Length (long? Short? Reads slow/fast?)
– Punctuation (“Let’s eat, grandpa!”)
*Extensions: 1.) Tone of Voice
2.) Ring Tones
3.) Music
Let’s Look @ Some Examples!
Mary Poppins
vs.
Scary Mary
The Lion King
vs.
Lion King Horror Flick
B.o.B “Airplanes”
“Can we pretend that airplanes in
the night sky are like shooting stars? I
could really use a wish right now,
wish right now, wish right now”
What do you think the tone of this
song is? What is B.O.B singing about
and how does he feel about it?
Hopeful – Desperate – “wish” is
repeated– “Now” indicates a sense
of urgency. “Pretend” is an escape
of reality.
Examples of Tone…
What is the tone of our Narrator?
“True! – Nervous—very, very dreadfully
nervous I had been and am; but why
will you say that I am mad?”
“Now this is the point. You fancy me
mad.”
“If you still think me mad, you will think
so no longer when I describe the wise
precautions I took for the concealment
of the body.”
TONE AND MOOD –
Working together 
•Tone totally effects
the mood of the
story. Think about it. How
someone says something
has a cause and effect
relationship to how
someone reacts.