Watch out!
Tone and
mood are
similar!!
Authors set a TONE or MOOD in
literature by conveying an emotion
or emotions through words. The way
a person feels about an idea, event,
or another person can be quickly
determined through facial
expressions, gestures and in the
tone of voice used.
Tone is the author’s attitude/feelings about
the subject of his writing!
What’d you decide?
Clue words and phrases:
What’d you decide?
Clue words and phrases:
What’d you decide?
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Mood and Tone Activity
example
Shocked
Back of notecard has a
sentence using the
same tone/mood.
Front of notecard has
tone/mood, and picture
showing how the tone or
mood might look.
I could not believe that my mom
was fifteen minutes late picking me
up from school! She was always on
time for EVERYTHING!!
What is the mood created in this picture?
What is the mood created in this picture?
Listen to this song and identify the tone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Graa_Vm5eA
(first minute)
What is the tone in this sentence?
Mr. Jones, since you obviously appear to know everything,
would you like to come up here and teach class for me?