The document defines mood and tone in creative works. Mood refers to the atmosphere or feeling conveyed to the audience, often through imagery, dialogue, setting and word choice. Tone refers to the author's attitude toward the subject. The document provides examples of how authors like Edgar Allan Poe establish moods and tones, and how tone can influence the overall mood of a story. Words and passages from famous works are cited to illustrate these concepts.

2.  MOOD is the atmosphere that evokes a
certain emotion or feeling from the
audience.
 Ask yourself: What is the author trying to
communicate?
 Example: Edgar Allen Poe writes moods
that tend to be gloomy, horrific, and
desperate.

3. Example of Mood
 A feeling of love.
 A feeling of doom.
 A feeling of fear.
 A feeling of pride.
 An atmosphere of chaos.
 An atmosphere of peace.

4. How to Achieve Mood and
Meaning
 How to Achieve Mood and Meaning
You should be able to establish mood or
purpose by examining:
 images, dialogue,
 setting,
 plot.
 choice of words,
 and the punctuation marks chosen.

5. Words That Describe
Mood
 Fanciful Gloomy
 Melancholy Sentimental
 Frightening Happy
 Mysterious Sorrowful
 Frustrating Suspenseful
 Romantic Joyful

6.  "Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds,
which I should first break through, and pour a
torrent of light into our dark world." -Frankenstein
 "Oh! No mortal could support the horror of that
countenance. A mummy again endued with
animation could not be so hideous as that wretch.
I had gazed on him while unfinished; he was ugly
then; but when those muscles and joints were
rendered capable of motion, it became a thing
such as even Dante could not have conceived." -
Frankenstein
 "Here's much to do with hate, but more with love,"
– Romeo and Juliet

7. Tone
 Tone is the author’s attitude toward his
subject.
 Tone is created by word choice,
especially word connotations.

8. What is an author’s tone?
Tone indicates the writer’s
attitude. Often an author's tone is
described by adjectives, such as:
cynical, depressed, sympathetic,
cheerful, outraged, positive, angry,
sarcastic, prayerful, ironic, solemn,
vindictive, intense, excited.

9. Tone is not an action.
It is an attitude.

10.  A reader must
“read between the lines”
to feel the author’s attitude
and identify the tone.

11. Tone is the author’s own
attitude toward the subject.
Mood is the emotion the author wanted
the readers to feel while reading
about the subject.

12. An author’s tone
influences the story’s
mood and atmosphere.

13. Author’s Tone
leads to
Story’s Atmosphere
& Mood

14. Example:
An author writes a horror story
using a serious and sinister tone.
That tone helps create a scary
atmosphere and a nervous,
frightened mood for the readers.

15. Another Example:
An author writes a satire, making
fun of a horror story using a
playful or sarcastic tone.
That playful tone helps create a
humorous mood for the readers.