The document defines tone as the author's attitude towards the subject, which can be positive, negative, or neutral. It is conveyed through word choice and language. Mood refers to the overall feeling created in the reader, such as being light, happy, or dark. Tone is the author's feelings while mood is the feeling experienced by the reader. An example passage creates a dark, melancholy tone and depressed mood through its dreary language.

2. It is the way a writer uses words, creates images, chooses details, uses language, and structures sentences to present a certain attitude or feeling to the reader about his/her writing topic.

4. Tone and Mood EXAMPLE: During the whole of a dull, dark soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within the view of the melancholy House of Usher.

5. Tone and Mood How does the author feel about his subject in the previous passage? Dark? Melancholy? Dreary? That is the TONE of the passage! Is it positive, negative, or neutral? Negative

6. Tone and Mood How did the passage make you feel? Depressed? Lazy? Scared? That is MOOD my friend!!!

7. Tone and Mood Your child can’t read? Can’t do math? Well, maybe he or she has been spending to much time in school and not enough watching television! Kids in school aren’t learning anything anyway, so they might as well be home watching TV.

8. Tone and Mood What is the author’s TONE?? Sarcastic Is that positive, negative or neutral? Negative What is the MOOD of the passage?? Annoying? Motivated?