Mood is the feeling that you get from a work of literature or art. This can also be called atmosphere.
What three things do authors use to create mood in a story?
- Imagery
- Diction
- Tone
Tone communicates how an author feels about their topic. It can also communicate emotion or attitude.
We can look at a writer’s language and determine their attitude towards the subject by analyzing their word choice.
Themes link universal ideas about the world with the specific content of a text.
Authors develop theme through the repeated use of motifs, changes in characterization, and symbols and imagery that repeatedly reference a similar idea.