How Authors Create Mood

• Literacy

Tone vs. Mood

How Authors Create Mood

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In your own words, explain what the mood of a story is.

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What is the mood when you are watching this clip?

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What is your mood while watching this clip?

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What mood did the circled words create?

1. Confused
2. Jealous
3. Calm
4. Predatory

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What is the mood of this sentence? What words helped create this mood?

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What is the mood of this passage?

1. Nervous
2. Numb
3. Hot
4. Frustrated

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What is the mood of this passage? What words helped create this mood?

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What is the mood created by this setting?

1. Gloomy
2. Happy
3. Frantic
4. Calm

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What is the mood of this passage? What created this mood?

Ways that author's
create mood

Watch the two following videos. While watching, pay attention to your mood (your feelings as you watch). Take note of how this mood is created. You will be asked at the end of the second video to compare the moods of the clips and the reason for difference in moods. 

Study this list of sample mood words. 

How does the mood of the two trailers for the movie Frozen contrast? What created these different moods?