Point of View, Mood & Tone

Second Person

• told from the narrator's point of view, using "I"

• the narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work

• Conversation between characters

• Told from the reader's point of view, using "you".

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is the mood? Old Mother West Wind had gone to her day's work, leaving all the Merry Little Breezes to play in the Green Meadows. They had played tag, run races with the Bees, and gathered at the Smiling Pool.

• cautious

• carefree

• restless

• gloomy

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Character

• what the character thinks

• A person in a story

• A word that takes the place of a noun

• Told from the reader's point of view, using "you"

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

First Person

• A word that takes the place of a noun

• what the character thinks

• told from the narrator's point of view, using "I"

• Told from the reader's point of view, using "you"

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Mood in writing refers to...

• how you feel when you're hungry.

• the feeling or emotion that the reader feels .

• the perspective of the story.

• the writer's attitude toward the subject.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Narrator

• told from the narrator's point of view, using "I"

• the person who tells the story

• Told from the reader's point of view, using "you"

• A person in a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is the mood? He furtively glanced behind him, for fear of his imagined pursuers, then hurriedly walked on.

• sentimental

• melancholy

• frustrating

• suspenseful

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the tone? Ugh! Do I really have to sit through another boring lecture about fractions?

• excited

• scary

• calm

• annoyed

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Thoughts

• the perspective from which a story is told

• what the character thinks

• A word that takes the place of a noun

• Told from the reader's point of view, using "you"

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Dialogue

• told from the narrator's point of view, using "I"

• Told from the reader's point of view, using "you"

• Conversation between characters

• the perspective from which a story is told

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6