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Unveiling Emotions: Understanding Mood in Literature and Music

Explore the intricacies of mood in literature and music, diving into emotions evoked through words and melodies. Learn how authors, musicians, and filmmakers craft different moods using language, rhythm, pacing, and more.

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Unveiling Emotions: Understanding Mood in Literature and Music

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  1. Write Now: • For each emoticon, write the emotion it is trying to convey. How does each one make you feel?

  2. Identifying Mood in Literature

  3. Definitions • Mood: The mood is the feeling the reader (you!) gets from reading the text. • Tone: The author’s attitude toward the subject or audience (what voice do you imagine the author reading/talking?)

  4. Mood Can Be Positive or Negative • Hopeful • Joyful • Cheerful • Joyous • Playful • Peaceful • Gloomy • Violent • Tense • Suspicious • Heartbroken • Painful Do Now: With your partner, develop 2 more positive words, 2 negative words, and 2 neutral words

  5. How does it make you feel? Let’s Watch • Watch the two trailers. • For each, write down words about how you feel while watching (or how you believe the audience is SUPPOSED to feel) • Video 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J7gg1V0oak • Video 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frUPnZMxr08

  6. Think: Why do you feel that way? • What did the director do to create the various moods? • Pacing • Editing of shots • Colors and filters • Music • Volume

  7. Creating Mood • Musicians create different moods for their songs in many ways: • Word choice in lyrics • Speed of music • Rhythm and choice of instruments • Imagery and figurative language

  8. Identifying Mood in Music • Listen to the love song clips and read the lyrics. • For each, answer the question: What mood does the song writer create for the listener? What image comes to mind? Be prepared to support your answer with details (i.e. word choice, tempo, rhythm, etc.) • Song 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sds5SpNd1Mw • Song 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WP43WfbXTU • Song 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AW9C3-qWug • Song 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mTw7t8ndaw

  9. Think about Instagram… • You can change the mood of a picture • Poses • Lighting • Props • Filters • Frames • Angles

  10. What’s the mood? • In your group, you will identify the mood of your picture • Answer the following questions: • What mood does the photographer create for the viewer? • How did they create this mood? • Be prepared to support your answer the details.

  11. How do writers create mood? • Writers create mood like songwriters and photographers. • They use • Word choice • Descriptive language • Tone • Imagery • Dialogue • Punctuation • Sentence length and structure

  12. Identifying Mood •  Spring GardenStunningly dressed flower stalksStand shimmering in the breeze.The cheerful sun hides playfullyBehind white, fluffy, cotton-ball clouds,While trees whisper secretsTo their rustling leaves.Carpets of grass greenly glowBlending joyfully with the day.Spring brings life to death. • Word choice • Descriptive language • Tone • Imagery • Dialogue • Punctuation • Sentence length and structure

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