Tone: A Man's Worth A Thousand Words
Tone is the author’s attitude toward the writing (his characters, the situation…) and the readers. A piece of writing can, and often does, have more than one tone. Tone is set, and identified, by the setting, choice of vocabulary, dialogue, and other details.
Mood is the general atmosphere created by the author’s words. It is the feeling the reader gets from reading those words. It may be the same, or it may change from situation to situation.
Words that Describe TONE
amused humorous Pessimistic angry informal playful cheerful ironic pompous horror light sad clear matter-of-fact serious formal resigned suspicious
gloomy …show more content…
Tone:
Context CLues:
Mood:
2. She huddled in the corner, clutching her tattered blanket and shaking convulsively, as she feverishly searched the room for the unknown dangers that awaited her.
Tone:
Context Clues:
Mood:
3. Bursting through the door, the flustered mother screamed uncontrollable at the innocent teacher who gave her child an F.
Tone:
Context Clues:
Mood:
Chose a sentence, or two, from EACH of the first 8 chapters and define the tone, mood, and context clues.
Chapter
Sentence(s)
Tone
Mood
Context …show more content…
Then identify the tone or mood.
“Then all of the citizens had been ordered to go into the nearest building and stay there. IMMEDIATELY, the rasping voice on the speakers said. LEAVE YOUR BICYCLES WHERE THEY ARE.” p. 2
Tone:________________________________________
“Lily frowned. “I felt strange. Because their methods were different. They were learning usages that my group hadn’t learned yet, so we felt stupid.”” p. 8
Tone:_________________________________________
“There was talk about changing the rule and giving the bicycles at an earlier age. A committee was studying the idea. When something went to a committee for study, the people always joked about it. They said that the committee members would become Elders by the time the rule change was made.” p. 17
Tone:_________________________________________
“But suddenly Jonas had notices, following the path of the apple through the air with his eyes, that the piece of fruit had –well, this was the part that he couldn’t adequately understand – the apple had changed. Just for an instant. It had changed in mid-air, he remembered.” p. 30
Mood is the general atmosphere created by the author’s words. It is the feeling the reader gets from reading those words. It may be the same, or it may change from situation to situation.
Words that Describe TONE
amused humorous Pessimistic angry informal playful cheerful ironic pompous horror light sad clear matter-of-fact serious formal resigned suspicious
gloomy …show more content…
Tone:
Context CLues:
Mood:
2. She huddled in the corner, clutching her tattered blanket and shaking convulsively, as she feverishly searched the room for the unknown dangers that awaited her.
Tone:
Context Clues:
Mood:
3. Bursting through the door, the flustered mother screamed uncontrollable at the innocent teacher who gave her child an F.
Tone:
Context Clues:
Mood:
Chose a sentence, or two, from EACH of the first 8 chapters and define the tone, mood, and context clues.
Chapter
Sentence(s)
Tone
Mood
Context …show more content…
Then identify the tone or mood.
“Then all of the citizens had been ordered to go into the nearest building and stay there. IMMEDIATELY, the rasping voice on the speakers said. LEAVE YOUR BICYCLES WHERE THEY ARE.” p. 2
Tone:________________________________________
“Lily frowned. “I felt strange. Because their methods were different. They were learning usages that my group hadn’t learned yet, so we felt stupid.”” p. 8
Tone:_________________________________________
“There was talk about changing the rule and giving the bicycles at an earlier age. A committee was studying the idea. When something went to a committee for study, the people always joked about it. They said that the committee members would become Elders by the time the rule change was made.” p. 17
Tone:_________________________________________
“But suddenly Jonas had notices, following the path of the apple through the air with his eyes, that the piece of fruit had –well, this was the part that he couldn’t adequately understand – the apple had changed. Just for an instant. It had changed in mid-air, he remembered.” p. 30