CLUES
Mood is often tied to the surroundings in a story.
Movie 3.2 Tone, Mood and Setting: Elements of Narratives example:
The old homestead lay still and silent the year after we buried grandpa. Winter came tiptoeing in with soft flakes and gentle winds. Grandma rocked her chair in the front parlor, listening in vain for the squeaky hinges of the back screen door, a herald announcing heavy, mucky boots about to walk across her gleaming hardwood floor. She listens and waits and waits and waits.
The mood here is sad and sorrowing.
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CLUES
Mood is often tied to the surroundings in a story.
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Movie 3.2 Tone, Mood and Setting: Elements of Narratives example:
The old homestead lay still and silent the year after we buried grandpa. Winter came tiptoeing in with soft flakes and gentle winds. Grandma rocked her chair in the front parlor, listening in vain for the squeaky hinges of the back screen door, a herald announcing heavy, mucky boots about to walk across her gleaming hardwood floor. She listens and waits and waits and waits.
The mood here is sad and sorrowing.
Mood
Mood is an intricate part of the setting, often working to enhance the events of the story( Hill, 2011). Many plots employ mood to foreshadow things to come. Mood can be conveyed with descriptive words about the way characters act and speak( Learning, n. d.). For example, if a major character stomps into a room slams the door shut, screams, and then throws her bag onto
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the floor, readers can guess that the mood is one of anger and frustration. Mood can also be conveyed through the objects and background in certain scenes in the story. Words that describe the way things sound or appear are important indicators of the mood of the story.