Mood
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PowerPoint file called Mood.3
Literary Terms: Mood and in the Setting File also
modified from Reading Literature Green Level 1986 page 104
mood feeling a reader gets
upon reading a selection
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author has a mood in mind when
writing
author chooses words/phrases
carefully to create the desired
mood
examples of mood:
• happy
• sad
• hopeful
• nervous
• afraid
• worried
Take note of the underlined words
in the passage below. To what
mood do they contribute?
Scho screamed as he fell. Two lower
branches broke his rustling,
crackling fall, but he landed on his
back with a deep thud and lay still,
with a strangled look on his face and
his eyes clenched.
--from “A Game of Catch” by Richard Wilbur
possible mood ~ tense
Read the passage below. What is the
mood? Look for supporting details that
support the mood.
Day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly
cold and gray, when the man turned aside from
the main Yukon trial and climbed the high earth
bank, where a dim and little-traveled trail led
eastward through the fat spruce
timberland…There was no sun, no hint of sun,
though there was not a cloud in the sky. It was
a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible
pall over the face of things, a subtle gloom that
made the day dark, and that was due to the
absence of sun.
--from “To Build a Fire” by Jack London
Hints
Day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold
and gray, when the man turned aside from the
main Yukon trial and climbed the high earthbank,
where a dim and little-traveled trail led eastward
through the fat spruce timberland…There was no
sun, no hint of sun, though there was not a cloud
in the sky. It was a clear day, and yet there
seemed an intangible pall over the face of things,
a subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that
was due to the absence of sun.
--from “To Build a Fire” by Jack London
Look for more supporting details of the mood
Read the passage below. What is the mood? Look
for supporting details that support the mood.
Day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold
and gray, when the man turned aside from the
main Yukon trial and climbed the high earthbank,
where a dim and little-traveled trail led eastward
through the fat spruce timberland…There was no
sun, no hint of sun, though there was not a cloud
in the sky. It was a clear day, and yet there
seemed an intangible pall over the face of things,
a subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that
was due to the absence of sun.
--from “To Build a Fire” by Jack London
possible mood ~ gloomy, somber, dismal
Read the passage below. What is the
mood? Look for supporting details that
support the mood.
Pandemonium broke loose. We’d
won! The unbelievable had
happened. Lewisville had won the
State Championship! The team
lifted Granny Ed to their shoulders
and marched triumphantly out on
the floor. She waved happily to the
Lewisville rooters.
-- from “Granny Ed and the Lewisville Raiders” by Rae Rainey
Hints
Pandemonium broke loose. We’d won!
The unbelievable had happened.
Lewisville had won the State
Championship! The team lifted Granny
Ed to their shoulders and marched
triumphantly out on the floor. She
waved happily to the Lewisville rooters.
-- from “Granny Ed and the Lewisville Raiders” by Rae Rainey
Look for more supporting details of the mood
Read the passage below. What is the mood? Look
for supporting details that support the mood.
Pandemonium broke loose. We’d won!
The unbelievable had happened.
Lewisville had won the State
Championship! The team lifted Granny
Ed to their shoulders and marched
triumphantly out on the floor. She
waved happily to the Lewisville rooters.
-- from “Granny Ed and the Lewisville Raiders” by Rae Rainey
possible mood ~ jubilant, joyous, thrilled