Imagery
What type of imagery is used?
"The warm chocolate melted slowly on my tongue.”
Gustatory Imagery **taste
“Of course I failed the test… wonderful.”
Sarcastic tone
“Dark clouds covered the empty street.”
Gloomy mood
What type of imagery is used?
“I heard leaves crunch beneath my shoes.”
Auditory Imagery
Define tone.
An author’s attitude toward his or her subject matter.
"Laughter echoed through the bright room."
Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses.
How can we find out the tone?
We can figure out tone by an author’s word choice, punctuation, sentence structure, and figures of speech.
Name some sample mood words.
Cheerful, gloomy, bleak, eerie, tense, calm, ominous, uncertain, miserable
What type of imagery is used?
“The bright neon lights blinded me.”
Visual Imagery
"The rules must be followed at all times."
Serious tone
Define mood.
The emotional quality of a literary work.
(The feeling of the reader)
What type of imagery is used?
“The rotten eggs filled the air with an awful aroma."
Olfactory Imagery
“The achievement filled me with pride.”
Proud tone
What determines the mood?
Mood is determined by setting, subject matter, and tone.