Tone Mood and Irony in The TellTale Heart
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Tone, Mood, and Irony in The Tell-Tale Heart
Tone: The way the author creates the mood or the author’s attitude (what the author does to make you feel a certain way). Example: punctuation (style), diction, repetition, sentence length The story is full of suspense, mystery and fear by utilizing POV and a variety of different sights and sounds. Poe interlinks the sounds, senses, imagery and diction, and uses one to reinforce another in order to create a perfect and horrific and suspenseful mood. As a reader reads the story they will be immersed by atmosphere the author creates and continually be frightened.
What various tones are and how they work together to make the mood? The whole story, the narrator is trying to – at the same – time convince us that he isn’t crazy and share all the details of how he covered up his crime. The story uses a lot of descriptive sounds to create mood of fear, anxiety and paranoia. The effect is an overwhelming guilt that builds to his panicked confession.
Mood Definition: Words to describe mood: How it is developed: What it helps to develop: The atmosphere of a story that causes certain feelings in the reader. http: //www. fallriverschools. org/Tone%20 and%20 Mood% 20 words%20(unedited). pdf Through setting (time and place) and diction (author’s word choice) Theme and Tone
Tone Definition: Words to describe tone: How it is developed: What it helps develop: ★ The author’s attitude toward the subject http: //www. fallriverschools. org/Tone%20 and%20 Mood%20 word s%20(unedited). pdf ★ Diction (author’s word choice) ★ Theme
Theme Thematic Concept: ★ One word used as a category for thematic statement ○ Love, war, hate, guilt Examples: Thematic Statement: Examples: How it is developed: ★ A phrase or sentence that shares the universal lesson learned from the story ○ Love always prevails in the end; war tears apart families and civilizations; hatred causes needless disasters; guilt ultimately leads to downfall ★ mood, tone, and diction
The Tell-Tale Heart Mood, Tone, and Theme (15 points) Put words and phrases that develop mood (setting, sounds, description) around the mood box. 1 point Put words and phrases that develop tone around the tone box. 1 point d moo re. 2 w o in h one he a l p Ex lops t e dev ts poin Tone is Menacing Mood 1 pt. Ex de plai he velo n ho re. ps w 2 p the mo oin me od ts Textual Evidence 1 1 point Thematic Concept 1 pt Explain how the tone helps to develop theme here. 2 points You don’t have to use boxes--you can get creative and use pictures that go with the story. 2 points=readability and neatness Thematic Statement 1 pt Textual Evidence 2 1 point
Common Assessment: once done do the following There are several examples of irony in The Tell-Assignment Tale Heart. Your job is to identify them. You should identify at least 3 examples of irony. You should NOT have the same type of irony for each example. For each, include the following: Example of irony from the story (3 points) Correctly identify type of irony (3 points) Explain why it is ironic (3 points) At least one piece of textual evidence that supports the type of irony (3 point) Explain how the textual evidence supports the type of irony (3 points)
