Mood and Atmosphere

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MOOD: The atmosphere that pervades a literary work with the intention of evoking a certain emotion or feeling from the audience. In drama, mood may be created by sets & music as well as words; in poetry and prose, mood may be created by a combination of such elements as setting, voice, tone & theme.

Atmosphere

• The same thing!! The atmosphere is the general mood of a setting in a literary work

Setting•the time and place of a story

•requires description•this description can contribute to mood/atmosphere

Settings in The Glass Castle

•The Desert•Welch•NYC

• Find descriptive passages about each place.

• Identify moments in the text which show mood (esp. modifiers)

• Write words/phrases that stand out to share with the class