Tools of Tone and Mood

4. Marks used in writing (like periods, commas, exclamation points) to show emotion, pause, or emphasis in writing.
6. A comparison using like or as.
7. The literary device of giving human qualities or abilities to an inanimate object, animal, or idea
9. The way words and phrases are arranged to create meaning and flow.
12. The character’s spoken words that show emotions, relationships, and tension between characters.
13. The author's feelings or attitude toward a subject in a story, poem, song or film.
14. The literal meaning, or dictionary definition of a word.
17. What a character says, does, thinks, looks like, and how others react to them helps us understand who they are. These details also shape the tone (how the author feels about the subject) and mood (how the story makes the reader feel.)
18. Where and when a story takes place; sets the atmosphere or mood.
19. The readers emotional feeling to a story, poem, song or film.

1. A comparison that compares one thing to another to create a strong image or feeling.
2. Words that imitate sound. (Example: Bang! The rifle fired.)
3. The author’s word choice that creates a specific tone.
5. Repeating beginning sounds. The repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
8. Words or phrases that are repeated to emphasize an idea or feeling.
9. Devices Techniques that use the sound of words when read to enhance tone or mood, especially in poetry, songs, or speeches.
10. Patterns of sound that affect the flow, beat, and emotional feel of a piece
11. The feelings, ideas, or implied meaning a word gives beyond its dictionary meaning.
15. Language that appeals to the five senses to help the reader picture the scene. (Sight, sound, smell, touch and taste.)
16. The patterned flow of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of text, creating a beat or musicality that can be regular or irregular