Essential Question What is the difference between Tone and Mood Authors Purpose Its as easy as PIES P to persuade the audience of a certain point of view I to inform ID: 576707
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Topic: Tone & Mood
Essential Question:
What is the difference between Tone and Mood?Slide2
Author’s Purpose
It’s as easy as
PIES!!
P
-
to
persuade
the audience of a certain point of view
I
-
to
inform
the audience of certain facts
E
-
to
entertain
the audience with enjoyment
S
-
to
share
details or feelings with the audienceSlide3
The
narrator
or
author’s
attitude/voice toward the character, subject and audience of a story.
Tone can be negative or positive
Tone can portray a variety of emotions ranging from
solemn, grave, witty or humorous.Slide4
Written Tone
Verbal tone is easier to detect
Written Tone can be more difficult. When in doubt, readers must examine the context of the story itself.
Written Tone
must be inferred
through the use of
descriptive
words.Slide5
This place may be shabby, but since both of my children were born while we lived here, it holds a special place in my heart.
This isn’t the greatest apartment in the world, but it’s not really that bad
.
If only there were some decent jobs out there, I wouldn’t be reduced to living in this miserable dump.
This place does need some repairs, but I’m sure the landlord will be making repairs soon.
This is the apartment we live in. It provides us shelter.
Tone = sentimental
Tone = tolerant
Tone = bitter
Tone = optimistic
Tone = objectiveSlide6
The girls were playing in the pond, splashing each other and trying to catch fish with their hands. They were having fun, but kept looking over their shoulders at the looming forest. The long grass of the field kept moving and they sort of felt like they were being watched… About a half hour passed and still the girls kept checking the field for movements. It seemed like a pair of dark eyes was on them. They even considered going back inside, but that would mean homework time. So they continued splashing, but with caution now. Their eyes hardly left the field.
What is the overall tone of this passage?
What words helped you to figure out the tone?Slide7
A possible
tone of this passage is ominous, suggesting a little bit of fear or foreboding. Words like "caution, dark, and looming“ lead readers to the tone. Slide8
Finally, one of the girls pointed to the grass and giggled. "Meow!" A cat sat on the edge of the field and licked its paw. They did indeed have company. The girls ran over to the cat and pet his belly. They laughed and the cat sauntered back to the field.
What is the overall tone of this passage?
What words helped you to figure out the tone?
Slide9
The
tone
of this passage is happy/playful as there was a successful, happy resolution to the problem.
Words like, “belly” and “giggled” were used. Slide10
The climate or feeling of a literary work.
Mood = Feeling or AtmosphereSlide11
DESCRIBING MOOD
*
Adjectives describe Mood*Remember that you are describing the way the audience/character
feels
, or the
atmosphere of the passage*Like tone, mood words can be either positive or negative
Examples: relaxed, cozy, romantic, gloomy, frightening, somberSlide12
Identifying the mood of a piece of writing will depend on the number of
descriptive words
you know to answer the question: How did this paragraph, this passage, this story, make the character or, make you, feel?Slide13
What is the mood of this picture?Slide14Slide15Slide16
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
TONE AND MOOD
Tone = person/Author’s attitude
Mood = Feeling or atmosphere from the pieceSlide17
“I Will Follow You into the Dark”
Death Cab for Cutie