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Tone and Mood Words

Tone - Author's tone towards their writing, the readers, the subject or characters.

- A piece can have more than one tone.

- Set by setting and word choice and details.

Ex) sarcastic, humorous, horror, gloomy, pompous, ironic, optimistic, a matter of fact.

Ex) "You're a big help!" - sarcastic or sincere tone.

Mood - general atmosphere created by author's words. The feeling the readers get.

Ex) melancholy, sentimental, joyful, frustrating

- The main purpose of poems is to set a mood.

Tone - the way feelings are expressed

Mood - the overall feeling of the work

Voice

ALL ABOUT THE AUTHOR!

- Style of writing

- Tone

- Peronality

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Conflict IS separate from the climax. It is the turning point of the story.

Climax:

Main character receives new info.

Accepts info, although may not agree with it.

Acts on info (makes a choice to see is objective is met).

Point of View:

First Person: "I, me, we." The audience only knows one character's thoughts and view.

Third Person Limited: Reader only sees what the narrator sees. All action is tunneled through a single character.

Third Person Omniscient: Author "mind hops" from one character to another. MULTIPLE POV.

Persona:

The distance between the writer and the story or poem’s narrator; the personality of the first or any other character.

https://www.acpsd.net/cms/lib011/SC02209457/Centricity/Domain/4890/Elements%20of%20a%20Story.pdf

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Eight Parts of Speech

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