Mood and Tone in Literature

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English

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5th Grade

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CCSS

6.NS.B.3, RL.3.4, L.3.3A

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Tanya Henderson

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Mood and Tone

Mood vs. Tone

What is the difference?

Tone

The AUTHOR'S attitude toward the subject, characters or audience.

Tone influences the mood of the story

Tone Examples

Cynical
Approving
Sympathetic
Sarcastic
Objective

How to Find Tone

Tone is not stated directly. You must read between the lines to see what the author's attitude on the subject is. Tone can be revealed through:

Dialogue between Characters
Desriptions
Author's Diction/Word Choice

Mood

Mood is the emotion that the READERS feel while reading about the subject.

Mood Examples

Cheerful

Romantic

Frightening

Suspenseful

Comical

Multiple Choice

What is determined by the author's word choice about a topic?

Mood

Tone

Multiple Choice

What is determined by the reader's reaction to reading a text?

Mood

Tone

Thanks for another great lesson.

Multiple Choice

Which tone is represented in the following passage?
"Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!"

Annoying

Excited

Calm

Scary

Multiple Choice

A story's atmosphere or the feeling it evokes in the reader

humorous

matter of fact

sympathetic

mood

Multiple Choice

If a passages tone is playful, the author's attitude is...

full of amusement, lighthearted.

serious, non humorous.

haunting, spooky.

uncaring.

Multiple Choice

What is MOOD?

How a reader feels when reading a story

An action word

A person, place or thing

The same thing as tone

Multiple Choice

_{What is TONE?}

A person, place or thing

Action words

The author's attitude towards something

The setting of a story

Mood and Tone

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