TONE & MOOD:What S the Difference Between the Two?

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Tone & Mood

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DIRECTIONS: Look at the pictures. What does the person’s face tell you about how they are feeling?(Use as many synonyms as you can think of.)

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TONE & MOOD:What’s the Difference between the Two?

• ______is the author’s ______ and feelings towards a subject.
• The author’s tone is revealed through their ______and details.

• ______is the feeling the story creates ______
• It appeals to the reader’s ______.

For example, an author may create a mood of mystery around a character or setting but may treat the character or setting in an ironic, serious, or humorous tone.

ORIGINAL 1964 MARY POPPINS THEATRICAL TRAILER / SCARY MARY POPPINS THEATRICAL TRAILER
Tone Words:
Mood Words:
2. How did the makers of this clip relay mood?
Tone Words:
Mood Words:
CASE STUDY: Mary Poppins

1. How did the makers of this clip relay tone?

GUIDED PRACTICE #1

Underline the details that create mood and circle the key words that establish tone.

“It was pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed […] [The fireman’s] hands were the hands of an amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history” (Bradbury, 1).

Which tone is the author is trying to create in this passage?

1. Angryb. Futuristicc. Lovingd. Light-heartede. Joking

Which mood is the author trying to create in this passage?

a. Gloomyb. Joyfulc. Excitedd. Sillye. Calm

GUIDED PRACTICE #2

“Tie My Hands” —Lil Wayne feat. Robin Thicke

We are at war with the universe, the sky is fallin’?

And the only thing that can save us now is sensitivity and compassion

But I know one thing’s for sure

I’m gonna get my kicks before it all burns down

Yeah, some say tragedy is hard to get over

But sometime that tragedy means it’s over, soulja

From the academy league of rollers

I deny bein’ down, though they seem to hold us

My shoulders are strong, I prove them wrong

I ain’tdon’ nothin’ but movin’ on, let the truth be known

But they talk that freedom matters

And didn’t even a ladder

1. Which tone is the author is trying to create in this poem?
2. Torturedb. Metaphor

c. Determinedd. Carefree

1. Which mood is the author trying to create in this poem?
2. Concernedb. Imaginative

c. Excitedd. Hopeless

GUIDED PRACTICE #3

“Martin Vanger had contrived his private torture chamber with great care. On the left were chains, metal eyelets in the ceiling and floor, a table with leather straps where he could restrain his victims. And then the video equipment.A taping studio. In the back of the room was a steel cage for his guests. To the right of the door was a bench, a bed, and a TV corner with videos on a shelf.”

- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larson

The author’s tone in this passage is: ______

The mood of this passage is:

1. Excitedb. JoyfulC. Frightened

Independent Practice

Anna came down the stairs in mismatched shoes, a pair of jeans underneath a tie-dyed skirt, a polka dot shirt and a rainbow colored hat. She smiled at her mother as she poured herself a bowl of cereal and a glass of orange juice. Her mother looked at her and almost choked on the mouthful of toast she was chewing.

“Well, don’t you look lovely this morning,” her mother smiled.

“Thanks!” Anna replied.

Coughing to hold back the laughter, he mother asked, “are you going to school like that?

“Of course,” Anna said, confused at the question.

“Alrighty then. You look great,” her mom smirked.

1. What tone is Anna’s mother using in this passage?

A. Sweet / b. Arrogant / C. Mocking / D. Infuriated / E. Comical

1. Which mood is the author trying to create in this poem?

A. Curious / b. Mysterious / C. Bored / D. Depressed / E. Fun

The Great Rain Forest Valley

Shallow lakes dot the valley

Where animals graze

And are eaten by dwellers of the deep,

Monster crocodiles, patient murky waters.

1. In the last line of the poem, “Monster crocodiles, patient in murky waters,” what tone is the author trying to create?

A. threatening / b. negative / C. patient / D. favorable / E. proud

Heartless

In the night I hear ‘emtalk, the coldest story ever told

Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul

To a woman so heartless

How could you be so heartless?

How could you be so heartless?

How could you be so cold?

1. In the last line of the poem, “How could you be so cold,” which mood is the poet trying to create?

A. Imagery / b. Merciless / C. Freezing / D. Depressed / E. Thoughtful

Exit Ticket- TONE and MOOD

1. Which of the following bestrepresents the definition of tone?
2. The author’s attitude toward an audience
3. The audience’s attitude toward an author
4. The audience’s attitude toward a subject
5. The author’s attitude toward a subject

1. Which of the following best represents the definition of mood?
2. The author’s attitude toward an audience
3. The audience’s attitude toward an author
4. The audience’s attitude toward a subject
5. The author’s attitude toward a subject

Directions: Read the passage below. Then, answer the questions that follow it.

An excerpt from

“Our Perfect Summer”

byDavid Sedaris

1My mother and I were at the dry cleaner’s, standing behind a woman we had never seen. “A nice-looking woman,” my mother would later say. “Well put together. Classy.” The woman was dressed for the season in a light cotton shift patterned with oversize daisies. Her shoes matched the petals and her purse, which was black-and-yellow striped, hung over her shoulder, buzzing the flowers like a lazy bumblebee. She handed in her claim check, accepted her garments, and then expressed gratitude for what she considered to be fast and efficient service. “You know,” she said, “people talk about Raleigh but it isn’t really true, is it?”

2The Korean man nodded, the way you do when you’re a foreigner and understand that someone has finished a sentence. He wasn’t the owner, just a helper who’d stepped in from the back, and it was clear he had no idea what she was saying.

3“My sister and I are visiting from out of town,” the woman said, a little louder now, and again the man nodded. “I’d love to stay awhile longer and explore, but my home, well, one of my homes is on the garden tour, so I’ve got to get back to Williamsburg.”

4I was eleven years old, yet still the statement seemed strange to me. If she’d hoped to impress the Korean, the woman had obviously wasted her breath, so who was this information for?

5“My home, well, one of my homes”; by the end of the day my mother and I had repeated this line no less than fifty times. The garden tour was unimportant, but the first part of her sentence brought us great pleasure. There was, as indicated by the comma, a pause between the words “home” and “well,” a brief moment in which she’d decided, Oh, why not? The following word— “one”—had blown from her mouth as if propelled by a gentle breeze, and this was the difficult part. You had to get it just right or else the sentence lost its power. Falling somewhere between a self-conscious laugh and a sigh of happy confusion, the “one” afforded her statement a double meaning. To her peers it meant, “Look at me, I catch myself coming and going!” and to the less fortunate it was a way of saying, “Don’t kid yourself, it’s a lot of work having more than one house.”

6The first dozen times we tried it our voices sounded pinched and snobbish, but by mid-afternoon they had softened. We wanted what this woman had. Mocking her made it seem hopelessly unobtainable, and so we reverted to our natural selves.

7“My home, well, one of my homes . . .” My mother said it in a rush, as if she were under pressure to be more specific. It was the same way she said, “My daughter, well, one of my daughters,” but a second home was more prestigious than a second daughter, and so it didn’t really work. I went in the opposite direction, exaggerating the word “one” in a way that was guaranteed to alienate my listener.

8“Say it like that and people are going to be jealous,” my mother said.

9“Well, isn’t that what we want?”

10“Sort of,” she said. “But mainly we want them to be happy for us.”

11“But why should you be happy for someone who has more than you do?”

12“I guess it all depends on the person,” she said. “Anyway, I suppose it doesn’t matter. We’ll get it right eventually. When the day arrives I’m sure it’ll just come to us.”

13And so we waited.

3. Which word best describes the mood of this essay?

a. scaredb. offendedc. amusedd. peaceful

4. Which word best describes the mood of paragraph 3?

a. impressedb. depressedc. hopelessd. optimistic

5. Which word best describes the tone of this essay?

a. gloomyb. playfulc. seriousd. sarcastic

6.Which word best describes the tone of paragraph 13?

a. pessimisticb. confidentc. ecstaticd. hopeful

Tone = speaker’s attitude

POSITIVE TONE WORDS / NEUTRAL
(+, -, or neutral) / NEGATIVE TONE WORDS
admiring
adoring
affectionate
appreciative
approving
bemused
benevolent
blithe
calm
casual
celebratory
cheerful
comforting
comic
compassionate
complimentary
conciliatory
confident
contented
delightful
earnest
ebullient
ecstatic
effusive
elated
empathetic
encouraging
euphoric
excited
exhilarated
expectant
facetious
fervent
flippant
forthright
friendly
funny
gleeful
gushy
happy / hilarious
hopeful
humorous
interested
introspective
jovial
joyful
laudatory
light
lively
mirthful
modest
nostalgic
optimistic
passionate
placid
playful
poignant
proud
reassuring
reflective
relaxed
respectful
reverent
romantic
sanguine
scholarly
self-assured sentimental
serene
silly
sprightly
straightforward
sympathetic
tender
tranquil
whimsical
wistful
worshipful
zealous / commanding
direct
impartial
indirect
meditative
objective
questioning
speculative
unambiguous
unconcerned
understated / ambiguous
ambivalent
angry
annoyed
antagonistic
anxious
apathetic
apprehensive
belligerent
bewildered
biting
bitter
blunt
bossy
cold
conceited
condescending
confused
curt
cynical
demanding
depressed
derogatory
desolate
despairing
desperate
disappointed
disliking
disrespectful
doubtful
embarrassed
enraged
fearful
forceful
foreboding
frantic
frightened
frustrated
furious
gloomy
grave / hostile
impatient
indifferent
insecure
melancholy
mischievous
miserable
mocking
mournful
nervous
ominous
outraged
paranoid
pathetic
pessimistic
sarcastic
sardonic
scornful
self-deprecating
selfish
serious
severe
sinister
skeptical
sly
solemn
somber
stern
stolid
stressful
strident
suspicious
tense
threatening
tragic
uncertain
uneasy
unfriendly
unsympathetic
upset
violent

Mood = emotional effect that

the text creates for the audience

POSITIVE MOOD WORDS / NEGATIVE MOOD WORDS
amused
awed
bouncy
calm
cheerful
chipper
confident
contemplative
content
determined
dignified
dreamy
ecstatic
empowered
energetic
enlightened
enthralled
excited
exhilarated
flirty
giddy
grateful
harmonious
hopeful
hyper
idyllic
joyous / jubilant
liberating
light-hearted
loving
mellow
nostalgic
optimistic
passionate
peaceful
playful
pleased
refreshed
rejuvenated
relaxed
relieved
satiated
satisfied
sentimental
silly
surprised
sympathetic
thankful
thoughtful
touched
trustful
vivacious
warm
welcoming / aggravated
annoyed
anxious
apathetic
apprehensive
barren
brooding
cold
confining
confused
cranky
crushed
cynical
depressed
desolate
disappointed
discontented
distressed
drained
dreary
embarrassed
enraged
envious
exhausted
fatalistic
foreboding
frustrated
futile
gloomy
grumpy
haunting
heartbroken
hopeless
hostile
indifferent
infuriated / insidious
intimidated
irate
irritated
jealous
lethargic
lonely
melancholic
merciless
moody
morose
nauseated
nervous
nightmarish
numb
overwhelmed
painful
pensive
pessimistic
predatory
rejected
restless
scared
serious
sick
somber
stressed
suspenseful
tense
terrifying
threatening
uncomfortable
vengeful
violent
worried

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