Mood & Tone
What is the difference between mood and tone?
Mood= how the reader feels Tone= the authors or speaker's attitude
What is direct characterization?
When the author tells you what the character is like
What is a simile?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
This literary device compares two things using "like" or "as."
What is simile
The words "gloomy," "dark," and "silent" create what kind of mood?
Sad, eerie, suspenseful, lonely
What is indirect characterization?
When the author shows the character through actions, thoughts, dialogue, or appearance
"The classroom was a zoo" What literary device is this?
What is a metaphor
Acharacter slams the door and refuses to speak. Is this direct characterization or indirect characterization?
What is indirect
If a narrator says "I can't wait for this amazing day" what is the tone?
Excitement/optimistic
Name one way an author shows indirect characterization
Actions, dialogue, thoughts,
"The wind whispered through the trees."What literary device is this?
What is personification
In the sentence "Maria was kind and generous" direct or indirect characterization?
What is direct
A spooky setting with creepy music would most likely create what mood?
Suspenseful, scary, eerie,
Which type od charcterization requires the reader to make an inference?
What is indirect characterization
What is in analogy?
A comparison that explains an idea by showing how two things are alike.
Name the literary device: "Her smile as as bright as the sun."
What is simile
Read: The rain wouldn't stop, and every step felt heavier than the last" Name one possible mood and one possible tone
Mood: Gloomy/sad Tone: Disappointed, hopeless
Read: "Jake shared his lunch with a new students without asking." What character trait is shown? How do you know?
Kind/generous; indirect characterization through actions
Identify the literary device: "Time is a thief."
What is a metaphor
Read: "The alarm clock screamed at me to wake up" What literary device is used?
What is personification