"What is the Difference Between Tone and Mood?": A Literary Guide for English Students and Teachers

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The difference between mood and tone in literature are often confused . Tone is author attitude toward subject , while mood is how we are made to feel as reader , or emotion evoked by author . ( sad , happy , angry, etc ) tone in writing consists of attitude that conveyed words punctuation, sentences structure, other nuances. Thank you for your wonderful literary educational channel.

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Great video! The examples provided make these concepts easy for students to understand.

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Examples were varied and illustrative!

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[@ZelindraArkathius]

I have questions: What is a subject in this context? "As in the opening (of Bram Stokers Dracula), the mood continues to be shown with sight and taste, with the senses directed toward an unfamiliar scene-and the *subject* of the novel. To foreshadow the horror to come, the mood is punctuated with the narrator's attitude about that *subject*." Are you talking about the subject of the novel as a whole? or just the scene? and what exactly is the subject? cheers.

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I'm assuming it means central idea or theme.

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Thanks for the question, F Scott (and great name)! The subject here may be a little ambiguous, but we suspect that Prof. Norris meant Dracula himself. The narrator knows what (or who) is soon to arrive in the plot, and the mood developed in these early moments is preparing us for how we should view him.