Mood, Tone, & Theme

MOOD

Definition

• MOOD is the overall feelings or emotions that are created IN THE READER.
• Authors “move” their readers’ moods through their choice of words and level of detail.

Frightening

FUN & Joyous

Comical

Somber

What mood does this evoke?

• During the holidays, my mother's house glittered with decorations and hummed with preparations. We ate cookies and drank cider while we helped her wrap bright packages and trim the tree. We felt warm and excited, listening to Christmas carols and even singing along sometimes. We would tease each other about our terrible voices and then sing even louder.

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Content & happy.
How do we know? Words like "warm, excited, glittered” are used by the author.

What mood does this evoke?

• After New Year's the time came to put all the decorations away and settle in for the long, cold winter. The house seemed to sigh as we boxed up its finery. The tree was dry and brittle, and now waited forlornly by the side of the road to be picked up.

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Dreary, depressed.
How do we know? "cold, sigh, brittle, forlornly"

some mood words

• Cheerful -Relieved -Gloomy -Bleak -Uncertain , Bittersweet , Relaxed, Lazy , Hopeless , Tense, Furious , Disappointed , Dreamy, foggy , Content , Satisfied , Angry , Motivated , Inspired , Confident , Eerie

Tone

definition

• Tone is a reflection of a WRITER'S or SPEAKER'S aTTiTude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work.
• Tone may be communicated through words and details that express particular emotions and that evoke an emotional response from the reader

respectful

angry

care free

sarcastic

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[predict! tones for these titles

• Teens: why they think they deserve to be "listened to"
• The Dying Ozone
• Night
• Trump trump!

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definition

• The theme of a literary work is its central message, concern, or truth about life usually presented indirectly.

more on theme

• When the theme is stated indirectly, the reader must figure out the theme by looking carefully at what the work reveals about the people or about life.
• A theme can usually be expressed as a generalization, or general statement, about people or life
• The theme may be stated directly by the writer although it is more often indirect

where to look for theme in literature

• how the main conflict is resolved
• the title may give a clue
• what a character learns or how a character changes

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What Was A theme for these?

• To Kill a Mockingbird
• Of Mice and Men
• 12 Angry Men
• "Two Kinds"

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