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Write Now:. For each emoticon, write the emotion it is trying to convey. How does each one make you feel?. Identifying Mood in Literature. Definitions. Mood: The mood is the feeling the reader (you!) gets from reading the text.

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  1. Write Now: • For each emoticon, write the emotion it is trying to convey. How does each one make you feel?

  2. Identifying Mood in Literature

  3. Definitions • Mood: The mood is the feeling the reader (you!) gets from reading the text. • Tone: The author’s attitude toward the subject or audience (what voice do you imagine the author reading/talking?)

  4. Mood Can Be Positive or Negative • Hopeful • Joyful • Cheerful • Joyous • Playful • Peaceful • Gloomy • Violent • Tense • Suspicious • Heartbroken • Painful Do Now: With your partner, develop 2 more positive words, 2 negative words, and 2 neutral words

  5. How does it make you feel? Let’s Watch • Watch the two trailers. • For each, write down words about how you feel while watching (or how you believe the audience is SUPPOSED to feel) • Video 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J7gg1V0oak • Video 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frUPnZMxr08

  6. Think: Why do you feel that way? • What did the director do to create the various moods? • Pacing • Editing of shots • Colors and filters • Music • Volume

  7. Creating Mood • Musicians create different moods for their songs in many ways: • Word choice in lyrics • Speed of music • Rhythm and choice of instruments • Imagery and figurative language

  8. Identifying Mood in Music • Listen to the love song clips and read the lyrics. • For each, answer the question: What mood does the song writer create for the listener? What image comes to mind? Be prepared to support your answer with details (i.e. word choice, tempo, rhythm, etc.) • Song 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sds5SpNd1Mw • Song 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WP43WfbXTU • Song 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AW9C3-qWug • Song 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mTw7t8ndaw

  9. Think about Instagram… • You can change the mood of a picture • Poses • Lighting • Props • Filters • Frames • Angles

  10. What’s the mood? • In your group, you will identify the mood of your picture • Answer the following questions: • What mood does the photographer create for the viewer? • How did they create this mood? • Be prepared to support your answer the details.

  11. How do writers create mood? • Writers create mood like songwriters and photographers. • They use • Word choice • Descriptive language • Tone • Imagery • Dialogue • Punctuation • Sentence length and structure

  12. Identifying Mood •  Spring GardenStunningly dressed flower stalksStand shimmering in the breeze.The cheerful sun hides playfullyBehind white, fluffy, cotton-ball clouds,While trees whisper secretsTo their rustling leaves.Carpets of grass greenly glowBlending joyfully with the day.Spring brings life to death. • Word choice • Descriptive language • Tone • Imagery • Dialogue • Punctuation • Sentence length and structure

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