What is Mood?
Which phrase best defines mood in a literary work?
A. the reader’s opinion about the work
B. language that describes the physical senses
C. the overall feeling the work produces
D. the writer’s purpose in writing
C. the overall feeling the work produces
Read this poem. Then, answer the question that follows.
A cold shadow
Falls upon my mind;
My heart shivers
When I remember that you left me.
Sad and lonely
Read the following passage. Then, answer each question.
Our whole family spent the day at the beach. It was a bright and breezy day, perfect for flying kites. My father held the kite high as I unrolled the cord. I started running across the sparkling sand. The kite rose easily on the wind. My parents cheered. Once aloft, the kite leaped in the air like a trout in blue water. I gave the cord to my little sister. As she felt the tugging of the kite, she laughed out loud. “I’m fishing in the sky.”
1. Which of these best describes the mood of the passage? Circle the letter.
A. delighted C. unhappy
B. serious D. hopeful
A. Delighted
What is the capital of Missouri?
Jefferson City
What's the difference between mood and tone?
Tone=How the author feels
Mood=How the author makes you feel
The Black Land
By Joseph Warren Beach
I will plough the land,
Turning up the black soil.
I will ride upon this heaving surface
As a boat rides upon the water.
Even as a boat
Cleaving the water with an eager keel,
I have run a furrow1
Straight across the ridges.
I will sow down this field,
Scattering gems.
With both hands will I scatter
Quivering emeralds out of a bottomless pouch.
As I tread the loam2
My feet sink deep.
The black earth embraces my ankles
And clings to my bent knees.
Content/happy
Mar’Kel looked out the window. The rain was still pouring down. He threw his baseball glove on the couch with a sigh. The thunder cracked and his phone dinged. Mar’Kel picked up the phone. It was a message from his cousin: The game is cancelled because of the weather. Mar’Kel didn't reply to the message. He threw the phone back on his bed and rubbed his temples. The rain pattered on the roof.
Frustrated
Which Youtube channel has the 2nd most subscribers?
Cocomelon-Nursery Rhymes
Writers carefully choose _______ in order to create a particular mood
words
The Dawn’s Awake
By Otto Leland Bohanan
The Dawn's awake!
A flash of smoldering flame and fire
Ignites the East. Then, higher, higher,
O'er all the sky so gray, forlorn1,
The torch of gold is borne.
The Dawn's awake!
The dawn of a thousand dreams and thrills.
And music singing in the hills
A paean2 of eternal spring
Voices the new awakening.
The Dawn's awake!
Whispers of pent-up harmonies,
With the mingled fragrance of the trees;
Faint snatches of half-forgotten song--
Fathers! torn and numb,--
The boon of light we craved, awaited long,
Has come, has come!
Excited
Jascha sweated in his chair. The clock in the classroom ticked loudly. Jascha looked at the test question again. He had no clue what the answer was. His teacher paced around the room. Jascha felt like the teacher was circling him, specifically him, not the rest of the class. "Remember, this test determines your future," the teacher said. Jascha read the choices again but they all blurred into a meaningless word soup. He could not concentrate. The clock kept ticking, and the second hand sounded like a butcher's knife slamming down on a cutting board. "Time is running out," said the teacher. Jascha’s heart pounded.
Anxious
Name the main characters in The Simpsons
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie
Mood can often be described in a single ________
word
I Sing the Battle
By Harry Kemp
I SING the song of the great clean guns that belch forth death at will.
"Ah, but the wailing mothers, the lifeless forms and still!"
I sing the song of the billowing flags, the bugles that cry before.
"Ah, but the skeletons flapping rags, the lips that speak no more!"
I sing the clash of bayonets, of sabres that flash and cleave.
"And wilt thou sing the maimed ones, too, that go with pinnedup sleeve?”
I sing acclaimed generals that bring the victory home.
"Ah, but the broken bodies that drip like honey-comb!"
I sing of hosts triumphant, long ranks of marching men.
"And wilt thou sing the shadowy hosts that never march again?"
Somber or regretful
What is the mood of the following poem?
What is left? / The house is gone / Charred sticks chewed by flame / Smoke /
thinning to a flimsy fog. Gone.
What is left? / Ah, I see you now. / Red-eyed, coughing / Weeping sooty
tears, but alive. / Oh, alive!
Relieved or grateful
What college did LeBron James attend
Trick question--He did not attend college
True or false
Mood allows writers to make a story more memorable
True
Sketch
By Carl Sandburg
The shadows of the ships
Rock on the crest
In the low blue lustre
Of the tardy and the soft inrolling tide.
A long brown bar at the dip of the sky
Puts an arm of sand in the span of salt.
The lucid and endless wrinkles
Draw in, lapse and withdraw.
Wavelets crumble and white spent bubbles
Wash on the floor of the beach.
Rocking on the crest
In the low blue lustre
Are the shadows of the ships
Amazed/awed
Farmer Dave woke to the sound of the rooster's crow. The sun was peaking over the horizon. Dave wasted no time getting ready. He wanted to get to the field and start planting. The TV news prattled on while his wife made coffee. He paid no mind to either. He was working out his strategy for today, going over the rows in his mind. He had barely taken two bites of his toast when he grabbed his boots. "I've got to get a move on it," said Farmer Dave. His wife rolled her eyes and gave him a kiss. The day began.
Motivated/eager
What is Rod Wave's real name?
Rodarius Marcell Green