Tone vs Mood Flashcards
Tone
The tone is an author’s attitude toward their subject matter. The author’s tone in a literary work can reflect their personal opinion, or the tone can channel the feelings of a particular character. Authors convey tone through their word choice, punctuation, and sentence structure.
Eg:sarcastic, solemn, fatalistic, nostalgic, dramatic, ardent, sullen, light-hearted or cheerful.
Mood
mood of a piece of writing is the atmosphere of a piece and the overall feeling it conveys to the reader. While Charles Dickens’s tone may be ironic, cynical, and clever in novels like Bleak House and Hard Times, but the mood he creates for his readers is dreary and intriguing. Authors convey mood through figurative language and literary devices, letting the reader feel whatever mood the writing evokes.
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