Transcript Understanding Tone and Mood

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Tone is the author’s or speaker’s attitude
toward the subject of the piece.
You must first identify the SUBJECT before
you can determine the TONE.
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Mood is how the author’s/speaker’s tone
affects us as a reader/audience.
You need to identify TONE before you
understand the MOOD.
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1. “Hey, lay off, you don’t have to nag me. I was going
to do it anyway!”
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2. “When are you going to take the garbage out?
Sometime this year, maybe?
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3. “Please note in your checkbook how much money you
spent using your ATM card today.”
4. “I know it’s been hard. I appreciate all you are going
through right now. If you will just put the receipts on the
counter, I will take care of the paperwork for you.
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Each group will choose a tone word.
Your job, as a group, is to rewrite the following
sentence (adding words if needed) to effectively
convey the chosen tone word.
Be prepared to share your new sentence! 
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I walked the dog in the park.
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1. Looking at your previous essay and
identify the TONE.
2. Write the TONE word at the top of a piece
of notebook paper.
3. Now list words from your essay that
support your tone.
4. If you do not have an identifiable TONE,
what TONE should you have? What words
could you use to establish that tone?