Mood & Tone
Think: What do people usually mean when they refer to
these words?
Applying these terms to poetry
• We are going to spend some time
discussing and analyzing how tone and
mood apply to poetry.
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• The tone CREATES the mood. This makes it a cause/effect
relationship.
• The author’s words are meant to have an effect on the reader,
which creates the mood.
• When you are asked to find the tone and mood, it is possible
that you do not feel that particular mood, so it might be
helpful to determine the tone FIRST and then find a logical
mood that would go with it.
• Example: The poem that we read, “maggie and milly and
molly and may” has a content tone because he talks all about
four girls who find different things at the beach, but in the end
it everyone finds themself. An appropriate mood could be
“peaceful” or “calm” because those would be appropriate or
logical words to go along with it.
Practice some scenarios
• Scenario #1: A teacher comes into class, glaring at all of the
students. She does not say a word, she simply waits, and
stares. Her look only changes when students make noises.
• What adjective would you use to describe her tone (even though
she isn’t saying a word, her silence has a tone)?
• What adjective would you use to describe the students’ mood?
• Scenario #2: Ms. Hoff comes on the announcement and
quickly begins talking about how our school has been selected
to get one million dollars to remodel the school, including a
state of the art pool, an expanded lunchroom and brand new
bathrooms that have marble floors and self-cleaning toilets.
• What adjective would you use to describe her tone?
• What adjective would you use to describe the intended mood of
the students listening?
Notes, Part I
• Create a T-chart or table that includes this
information::
Original clip
Recut clip
• Then, once you have created this chart, put your iPad
FACE DOWN so that you are ready to view the clips.
The clips
• We are going to view two clips. As they are
playing, please simply watch and listen, making
sure to carefully observe what you see and hear.
• We will pause after each clip so that you can
record your observations in the appropriate
column of your chart.
Clip #1
• The first clip will be the “original clip” category.
• Clip #1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuWf9fP-A-U
• Take a few minutes to jot down some images,
sounds, etc. that were representative of the
MAJORITY of the clip.
• Time to think. In a moment, you are going to see some
tone words. What would be the best word to describe the
tone of this clip?’
• Once you’ve selected a tone word, what would be an
appropriate mood word that would fit with that?
Positive tone words
Clip #2
• The second clip will be the “recut clip” category.
• Clip #2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5_0AGdFic
• Take a few minutes to jot down some images,
sounds, etc. that were representative of the
MAJORITY of the clip.
• Note: These should be very different from the
original clip!
• Time to think again.. What would be the best word
to describe the tone of this clip?’
• Once you’ve selected a tone word, what would be an
appropriate mood word that would fit with that?
Tone words
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Today is Fri, 12/13
1. Think. What would be an appropriate pairing
of words to describe the tone and mood of
“Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout?” (page 582)
Tone:
Mood:
2. Think. What would be an appropriate pairing
of words to describe the tone and mood of
“The Highwayman?” (page 247)
Tone:
Mood:
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