BELL ACTIVITY: READ SILENTLY

02 OCT 2014 – 2ND HALF OF BLOCK

Today’s Agenda:

Literary POINT OF VIEWIntro to TONE & MOOD

The Literary Elements of…

Tone & Mood

Tone*Tone describes the

author’s attitude toward their topic.

TONE IS ABOUT THE ‘TUDE OR ATTITUDE OF THEWRITER. Tone is what the writer thinks about their topic.

In literature TONE is the 1st element the writer experiences, as a writer’s attitude about a topic exists before she/he begins writing!

Writers choose their words, their sentence fluency, theirorganization based on their own TONE.

Mood*Mood is how the piece of literature makes the READER FEEL .

MOOD IS ABOUT MY FEELINGS AS THEREADER !!

………………A writer’s choice of words, sentence fluency & organization produces the MOOD in a piece of writing.

Writers choose their words, their sentence fluency, and their organization based on their own TONE……………... ……

A writer uses wordsto manipulate the reader’s feelings, to create a certain MOOD.

How are they different?

Tone refers to what the writer thinks about his topic or piece.

Mood refers to how the reader feels or reacts to the piece.

THIS IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORKA writer decides to write about a topic. He already has an attitude about that topic. That is his tone.

The writer chooses words based on his tone.

The writer wants his readers to feel a certain way after reading his story. He wants to control the MOOD.

The writer looks at the words he choose because of his tone and makes sure that the words will create the mood he wants the reader to feel

While reading the story you react to the words. They make you feel a certain way.

The way the storymakes the reader feel is the mood.

THIS IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORKYour Mom relies on you to help out with the dishes and when you don’t it makes her angry. When you don’t, her TONE is angry

She calls your name,Then she calls your full name.

She starts to tell you about how she was counting on your help and how frustrated and angry she feels

She wants you to feel guilty so you won’t forget again, so she chooses her words carefully so you will understand exactly how much this messes her up and feel guilty

You listen and begin to realize how awful you made her day and feel guilty. .

Your feeling of guilt is the MOOD your mom was hoping you would feel.

Words for Tone

admiring affectionate appreciative angry proud Confused cynical Serious

frightening loving disgusted calm excited hopeful confident sympathetic

Words for Mood

forebodinggloomy upliftedfrightenedoptimisticPessimisticapprehensive

light-heartedpeacefulexcited joyouspassionateterrifyinghopeless

Tone/Mood in Movies

Just like an author uses word choice, sentence fluency and vivid imagery to set tone and create mood in literature, film makers use dialogue, editing, music and lighting to set the tone and create mood in movies.

Tone & Mood in Movies

After each of the following clips, write

two words that describe the mood two words that describe the tone.

Clip #1 “Mary Poppins” by Disney 2 words which describe the tone:

2 words which describe the mood:

Clip #2 “Mary Poppins Recut”

2 words which describe the tone:

2 words which describe the mood: