This is an eight-question mulitple choice quiz over mood and tone; student read literary passages and select the correct answer. Links to related quizzes are provided.

This lesson deals primarily with diction and tone and how to recognize them in your reading. Tone is largely determined by diction or the word choices a writer makes. The process of choosing the right word involves denotation and...

Learners will focus on Main Idea, Author's Purpose, Identifying supporting details and Organizing details. Students will read a variety of Informational Text (non-fiction) to understand how stated and implied main idea effect the...

This interactive series of questions assesses students' understanding of the impact of word choice on the tone of a passage. Students will identify the correct tone used in sentences, paragraphs, and poems.

Click through this PDF slideshow to learn what a symbol is and how symbolism is used in literature. Then learn about the difference between tone and mood and see examples of each in a poem.

These animated shorts introduce or review literary elements and techniques like theme, setting, figurative language, characterization, and conflict. They can be used when students are just learning how to identify the most commonly used...

Explore the difference between tone and mood in this animated video [2:28] from WNET through definitions and examples from poetry and prose. Discussion questions below help students to further apply their understanding before analyzing a...

This is a glossary entry for the term "Mood" including a definition and a discussion of mood from "Talkie List Dec 06."

This learning module provides remediation and extra practice with identifying an author's tone. Reinforcement for understanding author's tone is provided through the five different worksheets and a mini-lesson. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4

This site contains a list of 25 words, associated with the tone of passages, from the New SAT. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words.

Lesson plan designed for eleventh graders. Students analyze and evaluate a short story for elements of literary works such as theme, mood, word choice, imagery, tone, and main idea. Includes a student handout and a scoring guide. It...

Discover how literary techniques like figurative language, imagery, and symbolism contribute to the overall meaning of a poem. Explore how a poet establishes and builds on a theme and the difference between tone and mood. Through a close...

A six-part learning module with links to texts, videos of movie clips, and a slideshow to introduce Tone and Mood.

This is a glossary entry for the term "Tone" including a definition and an example.

Slideshow explores the connection between word choice and the author's tone.

This lesson discusses the difference between connotation and denotation. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Connotation and Denotation." L.11-12.5b Nuance

This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a series of graphic organizers for reading students. Forms are provided for plot, character analysis, reading logs, and reading responses.

This lesson introduces connotation and provides examples. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Connotation."

In this lesson, students will personify an object within a poem. They will focus on voice and word choice in order to fully convey their message.

This student and teacher-friendly site discusses the tone that should be established in a farewell letter to an employer. In addition, the article discusses the elements of good farewell letter.

This lesson introduces connotation and provides examples. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Connotation."

Calling itself "unique," Bob's is easy to use, with cross-links throughout, phonetic pronunciation guides when necessary, and many examples and quotations. Click on the letter and scroll for the word.

By listening and then responding to multiple versions of the song "Summertime," students will understand how songs can convey various moods. Writing about a personal summertime memory, students will try to mimic a mood from one of the...

After sharing chapter 19 of Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls as an example of emotion-evoking writing, the learners will write their own detailed and emotional paragraphs. Students can draw from background knowledge of a real...