Tone & Mood

How the author feels about the topic they're writing about.

How the reader will feel after reading the piece.

Fill in the blank: I felt ______________ for that homeless child that has nothing to eat.

Fill in the blank: Visions of Christmas lights twinkling on rooftops, gleeful children dancing around the festive tree. Oh, what a _________________time of year!

Fill in the blank: After all the holiday cheer is gone, there is an emptiness in my heart, and I feel ___________________.

The children felt _______________ as they stared out the dark and rainy window.

Fill in the blank: My boss was ___________ that all his employees had a relaxing weekend, and were ready to work hard.

What is the difference between tone and mood?

Which tone is represented in the following passage? Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!

The footsteps were coming closer. I knew I had to get out of there fast. Looking desperately around, I finally spotted a small window at the end of the room, a beacon of light in the dark, rancid basement. I sprinted and leapt up to grab a ceiling pipe. Thankfully, the pipe was close enough to the window to allow me to swing my body through. My enemy was making his way down the hall, bursting open door after door. I needed to break through this window in two tries to make it out in time.What is the mood of the passage?

Which tone is represented in the following passage? Ugh! Do I have to sit through another boring lecture on data entry again?

Fill in the blank: Homeless people live in such horrible conditions that they begin to feel _________________.

Fill in the blank: Selena Gomez is one of the finest young actors, and a(n) ___________bunch of teens look up to her accomplishments.

Fill in the blank: "I want employees who come to work late, said no boss ever" is an example of a ___________ statement.

Read the following poem, "A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti and answer the question below. My heart is like a singing bird. Whose nest is a weathered shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea; My heart is gladder than all these Because my love has come to me. QUESTION: What mood do the details of the poem convey? (Look specifically at the three things the speaker compares her heart to.)