Mood(Mood = Environment)
Identifying the mood of a piece of writing will depend on the number of descriptive words you know to answer the question: How did this paragraph, this passage, this story make the character or make you feel?
Adjectives describe Mood
Remember that you are NOT describing the way the person feels
Like tone, mood words can be either positive or negative
Examples: relaxed, cozy, romantic, gloomy, frightening, somber
Practice:
During the holidays, my mother's house glittered with decorations and hummed with preparations. We ate cookies and drank cider while we helped her wrap bright packages and trim the tree. We felt warm and excited, listening to Christmas carols and even singing along sometimes. We would tease each other about our terrible voices and then sing even louder.
Mood:
Evidence:
After New Year's the time came to put all the decorations away and settle in for the long, cold winter. The house seemed to sigh as we boxed up its finery. The tree was dry and brittle, and now waited forlornly by the side of the road to be picked up.
Mood:
Evidence:
Music Expresses Mood also.
Listen to the music and watch the pictures with the music and describe the mood you feel from it.
YouTube Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6978yjTDo5A
Adjectives describe Mood
Remember that you are NOT describing the way the person feels
Like tone, mood words can be either positive or negative
Examples: relaxed, cozy, romantic, gloomy, frightening, somber
Practice:
During the holidays, my mother's house glittered with decorations and hummed with preparations. We ate cookies and drank cider while we helped her wrap bright packages and trim the tree. We felt warm and excited, listening to Christmas carols and even singing along sometimes. We would tease each other about our terrible voices and then sing even louder.
Mood:
Evidence:
After New Year's the time came to put all the decorations away and settle in for the long, cold winter. The house seemed to sigh as we boxed up its finery. The tree was dry and brittle, and now waited forlornly by the side of the road to be picked up.
Mood:
Evidence:
Music Expresses Mood also.
Listen to the music and watch the pictures with the music and describe the mood you feel from it.
YouTube Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6978yjTDo5A