Updated- Tone Vs. Mood

Try the practice in your notes!

Tone

When the tone changes in a piece of work, the mood can be altered completely. If you don't understand the tone being conveyed, it's possible you won't understand the piece at all!

Tone has the power to completely change the message of a piece and in turn, the mood. Watch these examples to see!

The Shining trailer

Mean Girls trailer

Tone is often communicated

through language/word choices the author uses. His/Her language will reveal his perspective/opinion (that is, whether it is positive/negative) about the subject.

A change in the tone of the dialogue presented gave the piece a whole new meaning.

And again here!

Words that describe tone

Amused Ironic

Angry Sad

Cheerful Playful

Clear Serious

Formal Suspicious

Gloomy Witty

So what is tone?

Tone is the author or speaker's attitude about something. In literature, the tone comes from the author, in music, the composer.

Tone Vs. Mood Notes

Objective: We will be able to analyze how tone and mood are established in a text.

How can you tell what someone's tone is based on their written words?

*Not their voice

What is mood,then?

Mood is a certain emotion that is intended to be felt by the audience. In drama, mood may be created by sets and music as well as words; in poetry and prose, mood may be created by a combination of such elements as SETTING, VOICE, TONE and THEME.

Words to describe mood

Mood is overall feeling or emotion created in the reader. Tone helps to establish the mood and the mood is what makes us interested in the movie, song or text!

Let's see what you already know!

Calm Annoyed

Content Anxious

Contemplative Apathetic

Refreshed Confused

Playful Envious

Quick write:

What does someone mean when they say, “don’t take that tone” with me?

How would you define tone?

Mood

Assignment

What's the tone of the piece?

Read each of the provided excerpts from various articles On your own paper, using your list of tone and mood words, answer the following questions for each piece:

1.What is the tone of the piece?

2. What words helped you to find the tone?

3. What is the mood you get based on that tone?

Listen to each of these clips and try to identify the tone and overall mood. Think adjectives like happy, sad, exciting etc.

Passage A - version 1

Passage B - Version 1

Passage A - Version 2

Chicago Bulls forward Dennis Rodman faces a suspension by the NBA for his wild and theatrical behavior in Saturday night's game at New Jersey. Rodman was given his notice of leave with 1:31 left in the first quarter of Saturday's game after receiving his second technical foul. Consistent with past heroics, and to the delight of the Chicago faithful, Rodman then removed his shirt as he paraded around the court before finally exiting stage left into his team's locker room.

Chicago Bulls forward Dennis Rodman faces yet another suspension by the NBA for his dangerous tirade in Saturday night's game at Chicago. Rodman was ejected with 1:31 left in the first quarter after receiving his second technical foul. Rodman then proceeded to head-butt referee Tod Bernhardt, catching him just above the left eye. In typical fashion, Rodman then ripped off his shirt and stormed around the court, pausing briefly to knock over a water cooler in front of a group of stunned young boys before finally leaving.

During the holidays, my mother's house glittered with decorations and hummed with preparations. We ate cookies and drank cider while we helped her wrap bright packages and trim the tree. We felt warm and excited, listening to Christmas carols and even singing along sometimes. We would tease each other about our terrible voices and then sing even louder.

Passage B-

Version 2

After New Years the time came to put all the decorations away and settle in for the long, cold, winter. The house seemed to sigh as we boxed up its finery. The tree was dry and brittle, and now waited forlornly by the side of the road to be picked up.