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Scope 120117 Cs Mood HL Alt
Scope 120117 Cs Mood HL Alt
Exploring Mood
Mood is the feeling you get from reading a piece of writing. Another way to describe mood is atmosphere.
When you walk into a place, it has an atmosphere that makes you feel a certain way; when you “walk into” a story, it too
has an atmosphere that creates a feeling. Writers create mood through word choice, imagery, dialogue, setting, and plot.
In this activity, you will consider the mood of Scene 4 in The Fight for What’s Right.
Psst!
Here are two words that could be used to describe the mood of the scene:
Discouraged
means “having
frustrated, discouraged lost confidence
or enthusiasm;
Now let’s look at what creates this mood. depressed.”
The Setting
The details that the Scene Directors provide about the setting help create a frustrated and discouraged mood.
1. We’ve listed two details about the setting that help create a frustrated and discouraged mood. List four
more on the lines below.
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2. Complete the following sentence to explain how the details you just listed help create a frustrated and
discouraged mood.
The details about the setting help create a frustrated and discouraged mood because they show that
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Core Skills Workout: Mood-HL
DRAMA: The Fight for What’s Right, pages 16–23
December 2017/January 2018
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The Dialogue
The dialogue, or conversation between characters, also helps create a frustrated and discouraged mood.
3. We’ve listed one line of dialogue that helps create a frustrated and discouraged mood. On the blank lines,
list three more.
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4. Explain how the dialogue helps create a frustrated and discouraged mood.
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