Acquire and use Tier-2 Set 16 literary-analysis precision vocabulary (CCSS L.7.6)
Exercise Difficulty 2 ~8 min eng.g7.s.ex_50

Mood Vs Tone Distinction

Prompt

For each excerpt (provided), identify the TONE (narrator's attitude) AND the MOOD (reader's atmosphere). Show how diction creates each.

Answer criteria
type rubric
rubric
Tone + mood identified per excerpt + 1 diction example per identification = mastery
Hints
  1. Tone = how the narrator FEELS about the subject.
  2. Mood = how the reader is MADE TO FEEL by the passage.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Confuses tone with mood (most common error).
  • Identifies tone/mood without textual grounding.