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Title: Mood and Tone in Literature


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Mood and Tone in Literature
  • Introduction

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Unit Essential Question
  • How do mood and tone contribute to the effect of
    a literature selection?
  • Mood includes the emotions or feelings produced
    by the piece, and tone describes the writers
    feelings and attitude about the subject of the
    piece. Together, they combine the feelings of
    the author and the reader and draw the reader
    deep into the action of the plot.

3
Mood and Tone in Fictional Short Stories
  • Selection The Tell-Tale Heart
  • How do effective writers create mood in their
    short stories?
  • How does visualization help readers understand
    the mood?

4
Mood and Tone in Informative Nonfiction
  • Selection Birthday Ritual A Grave Tradition
  • How does a reader analyze the tone of a news
    source?
  • What are the most effective ways to analyze the
    content of a news source?

5
Tone and Text Organization
  • Selection Man Made Monsters
  • What are the most effective ways to organize a
    nonfiction text?
  • What influence can text organization have on the
    tone of a selection?

6
Mood and Conflict
  • Selection The Third Wish
  • What influence does mood have on the conflict in
    a short story?

7
Mood and Suspense
  • Selection The Monkeys Paw
  • How does a storys mood of suspense contribute to
    the plot?

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Mood and Tone Vocabulary
  • Mood, tone, attitude, imagery, visualization,
    feature story, banner, byline, dateline,
    chronological order, compare/contrast,
    cause/effect, proposition/support, internal
    conflict, external conflict, suspense
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