This document discusses inferring the general mood or feeling conveyed in written or spoken passages. It provides examples of short quotes or poems and asks the reader to determine if the selection conveys happiness, sadness, anger, etc. The document aims to help the reader get better at understanding mood by looking for clues in word choices, details, and context. Exercises provided ask the reader to choose the mood that best matches different quotes, poems, and conversations. The overall goal is to develop the ability to infer emotion and feelings even when they are not explicitly stated.

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Module 38
A DepEd-BEAM Distance Learning Program supported by the Australian Agency for International Development
INFERRING THE GENERAL MOOD OF THE
SELECTION

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Good day dear learner. Today we shall learn another lesson. I will
help you develop your skill in a creative way.
Today we will learn about getting the general mood of a selection.
By getting the clues and signals we can guess the general mood.
Let us recall the mood of the following utterances.
1. “It’s cold here. Don’t leave me alone please!” pleaded the little
girl. ____________
2. “Flowers, flowers everywhere. This is Eden,” cried the young lady.
____________
3. “Won’t you wait a few minutes sir? I’ll call my father.” ___________
4. “That was the biggest mistake I made in my life. Now everything
is different.” ___________
5. “Get the life-saving station, please.” ___________
Do we have the following answers?
1. fright 4. regret
2. surprise 5. emergency
3. concern
To the Learner
Let’s Try This
Let’s Learn This

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This time we will learn further the mood of utterances or even the
whole story or selection.
Let’s read the poem below.
What does the poem tell us?
What is the feeling of the writer?
Is the writer happy?
Does it show fun?
Answer:
The speaker is satisfied in his words.
It does not tell us of intense feeling of happiness but only a very
light emotion. He is just satisfied of how the insects and birds do.
The poem is what we call the selection. It is sometimes called the
utterances.
So, the whole selection of the poem displays satisfaction. It is the
mood of the selection.
Let’s Study This
Midnight’s bell goes tiny, tiny, tiny
Then dogs to howl, and not a bird does sing.
Ravens croak on chimney tops
The cricket in the Chamber hops.
And the cats cry, “Meow, Meow, Meow.”

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Pick out the letter of the correct answer.
1. “What a place! Cockroaches everywhere, cobwebs and dust thick
enough to plant potatoes in.”
a. excitement
b. appreciation
c. enjoyment
d. disgust
2. “Only one peso? What can I buy with that these days?”
a. discontent
b. curiosity
c. honesty
d. gratitude
3. “That was a close fight and I’m glad our team won. You were
marvelous on the court, boys.”
a. jubilation
b. displeasure
c. caution
d. excitement
4. “You’re always late for work and you don’t even finish half of
what you are assigned to do. You might be fired.”
a. assurance
b. threat
c. fear
d. plea
5. “Say good morning to Sister.” Marie reminds her younger sister.
Marie wants her sister to be ___________.
a. polite c. helpful
b. honest d. industrious
Let’s Do This

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Check your answers now.
Refer to Answer key.
What’s your score?
For more exercises let us do this next activity.
Directions: Read the poems carefully and find out the general mood
expressed.
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2.
3.
Let’s Do More
The House Cat
The house cat sits
and smiles and sings
he knows a lot
of happy things.
a. sorrow
b. happiness
c. anger
d. doubt
The Owl and the Pussy Cat
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat;
They took some honey and plenty of money
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
The owl looked up to the stars above.
And sang to a small guitar
“O Lovely Pussy, O Pussy, my love.
What a beautiful Pussy you are.
You are
You are
What a beautiful Pussy you are
a. surprise
b. terror
c. sorrow
d. admiration
A Dream
On a midnight dark and silly
I woke up alone from a distance so scary
I dreamed of figures from a ghost story
And the house that was haunted by the
White Lady
a. funny
b. fearful
c. pleasant
d. exciting

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4.
Check your answers now.
How many correct answers did you get?
Before the last test, let us read this.
Directions: Identify the mood expressed by the character. Write the
letter of the correct answer.
1. Aunt Ina has just come from the city when she saw some broken
pieces of her flower vase in the dustpan. Her face went red and in a
big voice she said,” “Who broke my new flower vase?”
a. anger c. pity
b. joy d. surprise
Let’s Test Ourselves
A story, poem or song is also called selection or reading
material. Sentences and phrases are also called utterances.
Selections and utterances have different moods or
feelings. Their moods are not directly expressed in the
selection or utterance. They are just determined or known by
their signals.
Let’s Remember This
The Wolf Cry
Weird as the moan of sobbing winds.
A lone long call floats up from trail;
And the naked soul of the frozen North
Trembles in the wail.
a. fear
b. loneliness
c. happiness
d. cold

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2. Celso was playing with his pet dog when suddenly it ran to the
middle of the road. A speeding truck passed by and left his dog
limping by the roadside. “Oh, my dog is hurt.”
a. joy c. pity
b. gratefulness d. anger
3. It was Cora’s birthday and Helen gave her a box with yellow ribbons.
She said, “Thank you for this beautiful gift.”
a. pity c. sorrow
b. joy d. concern
4. Fe was busy cleaning their house for the coming fiesta. She was
arranging everything in the storeroom when suddenly she saw
something black inside the broom box. She shouted, “Oh there’s a
big snake in the broom box.”
a. joy c. fear
b. pity d. excitement
5. “I wonder where Father and Arthur are, their boat is out of sight.”
a. angry c. concern
b. hungry d. frightened
Now, check your answer against the Answer Key.
Be ready to answer the next module if you get 4-5. But if you get
3 or below, answer “Let’s Enrich Ourselves.”
To check for more mastery let us answer this final activity.

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Direction: Infer the mood of the person who said each sentence.
1. “Today is the day I’ve been waiting for.
2. “I hate you so much.”
3. “We won! We won the game.”
4. “Your dress is so pretty.”
5. “I can’t thank you enough for the help you’ve given me.
Let’s Enrich
Ourselves

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Let’s Do This
1. d
2. a
3. a
4. b
5. a
Let’s Do More
1. b
2. b
3. d
4. b
Let’s Test Ourselves
1. a
2. c
3. b
4. c
5. c
Let’s Enrich Ourselves
1. excitement
2. anger
3. happiness
4. admiration
5. gratitude
Answer Key