Mood+and+Tone

=**Teaching Tone and Mood**=
 * Tone** - the writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject, character, or audience conveyed through the choice of words and details.
 * Mood** - the emotional effect the work has on the audience.

Below are two videos of the movie Mary Poppins:

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The first video is the original theatrical trailor. Words to describe the __**tone**__ of this video could be **excited** and **playful**, because the intent of the trailer is to get you to watch the movie. Words to describe the __**mood**__ of this video could be **excited** and **playful** as well - the video highlights words like "sparkling" and "wonderful". They also show clips of Julie Andrews singing and dancing with Dick Van Dyke and all the children have looks of excitement and wonderment on their faces.

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The second video is a clip of a fictional "Scary Mary Poppins". Again, a word that would accurately describe the __**tone**__ would be **excited**, because the intent of the trailer is to get you to watch the movie. But, the __**mood**__ is extremely different. Words like **brooding** and **suspenseful** would accurately describe the mood in this movie, because it is a scary movie.