Mood and Tone East of Eden-Part 3 - PowerPoint Presentation

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Mood and Tone

East of Eden-Part 3

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Thursday, May 2

Discussion – chapters 26-30

Mood and tone-notes and little book

Finish Reading the novel for Test on Wednesday (literary terms, types of characters, conflict, mood and tone)

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Stuff you should know

Today you learn about tone and mood, and the effect it has on a novel.

You will learn how setting impacts mood and tone.

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What to expect

Mood and Ton

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How Is Setting Created?

Practice

Feature Menu

Get a sheet of unlined paper and make a little book

You may use your

iPad

but you may not use those notes on the test. The little book will be permissible.

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Overview

T

one and mood of East of can be described as hopeful

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Introduction

*

Writers hope to stir

emotions

with their work.

*Emotions can produce the

mood

or feeling

in a piece of writing.*Mood may shift, but

one mood usually prevails.

*Setting affects the mood dramatically.

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Introduction (Continued)

*Tone describes the writer

’

s

attitude

toward his or her

subject

.

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Introduction

(Continued)

How do mood and tone differ?

Mood

refers to the

reader

’

s response to the text, and tone

refers to the feelings of the writer.

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Little Book Headings

Cover =

your name

Mood, tone and setting

Page #1 MOOD

Page # 2 TONE

Pages #3 VISUALIZE

Page # 4 SETTINGPages 5-6 VENN DIAGRAMBack – Response

Sticker awarded for booklets onlyBooklets may be used on testNotice color coding as hints for note-taking

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Watch for color coding and take notes

Little books submitted will be awarded a sticker AND may be used on test for book 3

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Mood

- reader’s response

*

The writer may carefully select

details

such as

descriptive

words, dialogue,

imagery, and setting to create a mood.

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Mood

–reader’s response

A writer may also use

symbolism

to create mood

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Mood

-reader’s response

*

Symbol:

something that stands for something else

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Mood

– reader’s response

The writer may also rely on

sounds

and

rhythms

of words to convey mood.

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Tone

–author’s attitude

*Tone:

attitude the author takes toward the subject

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Tone

-author’s attitude

The

language

and

details

the writer chooses to describe the

characters,

setting, and events help to create the

tone.

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Tone

– author’s attitude

Tone often reflects the

author

’

s

purpose

.

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Visualizing

Three strategies:

Look for details that appeal to the senses.

Form mental pictures.

Connect personal experiences to the text.

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Setting

Setting

is the time and place of a story.

Setting

can

include:

the locale of a story

people’s customs—how they live, dress, eat, and behave

Hong Kong

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Setting

Setting

is the time and place of a story.

Setting

can include

the:

weather

time of day

time period (past, present, or future)

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Setting

Setting provides a background—a place where the characters live and act.

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How Is

Setting

Created?

Writers carefully select

images

and details to create a setting that draws us into the story.

sight

hearing

the steady beat of the drum

the tart apple

three hot-air balloons colored the sky

taste

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How Is

Setting

Created?

smell

gritty, wet sand between her toes

strong, sweet scent of a rose

touch

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Setting

and Character

Sometimes writers place characters in settings that reflect the characters’ personalities.

What do you think these characters are like?

Jot down your thoughts-with reasons

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Setting

, Mood, and Tone

Setting can also create

mood,

or atmosphere. It can affect the way we feel about the characters.

mysterious

peaceful

menacing

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Setting

, Mood, and Tone

Setting can also express a

tone,

or attitude toward a subject or object.

Now, with supper finished, we retire to the room in a faraway part of the house where my friend sleeps in a scrap-quilt-covered iron bed painted rose pink, her favorite color. Silently, wallowing in the pleasures of conspiracy, we take the bead purse from its secret place and spill its contents on the scrap quilt.

from “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote

What is the tone of this passage? How do you think the writer feels about these characters?

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Think of a story you’ve

read this year

in which the setting captured your imagination. Fill in a chart like this one to describe the setting and show its role in the story.

Practice in Pairs-

Setting

Title of story:

Where story takes place:

When story takes place:

Details of setting that reveal character:

Details of setting that reveal mood or tone:

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East of Eden – Part 3

Create a

Venn Diagram

with tone for one circle and mood for the other.

With a partner, fill in examples from the novel that reveal the tone of the novel.

Find at least three examples for each circle

See the next slide for samples

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East of Eden – Part 3

E

xamples of how Steinbeck creates mood and tone

Examples may include:

use of figurative language makes the novel seem lyrical

,

setting of Salinas, California, makes the reader think of a simpler time

; Sam moves from the farm makes the reader sad because we know his end is near; we wonder what Kate has in mind for Faye

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Bringin

’ on home the

Venn Diagram

Lastly, find similarities between tone and mood, and record them in the overlapping areas.

For example, a similarity between tone and mood is that they are both optimistic about Adam’s recovery from the pain of Cathy

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Written Response - back page

Now you will be working on your own and answering the following questions about the novel

:

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Answer each question below

How does Steinbeck feel about Sam Hamilton?

How does Steinbeck relate Salinas to everyday life in America?

Is Steinbeck optimistic or pessimistic about goodness overcoming evil?

What evidence from the text would support your statement?