All Quiet on the Western Front Tone/Mood March 21

Homework- Block 5 READ CHAPTER 6 OF ALL QUIET P. 99-136 ANSWER THE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 6 Thurs: Group 5 –Chapter 7 Mon: Group 3 – Chapter 8 Fri: Group 1 – Chapter 9

Homework- Block 7 READ CHAPTER 6 OF ALL QUIET P. 99-136 ANSWER THE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 6 Thurs: Group 6 –Chapter 7 Mon: Group 5 – Chapter 8 Fri: Group 3 – Chapter 9

Tone Tone - the author’s overall outlook or attitude toward the subject. How does he/she feel about the fragment of life displayed in the story? Tone emanates from an author's attitude toward his subject; the reader needs to recognize how the narrator's emotions toward the subject should color his own response to the text.

Read the passage and write down the key words that clue you into the tone of the piece. 1. In my young years I took pride in the fact that luck was called a lady. In fact, there were so few public acknowledgments of the female presence that I felt personally honored whenever nature and large ships were referred to as a feminine. But as I matured, I began to resent being considered a sister to a changeling as fickle as luck, as aloof as an ocean, and as frivolous as nature. 2. During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher What might be the tone for this passage? What key words clue you in? How might the author want you to feel?

Mood The feeling a piece of literature arouses in the reader: happy, sad, peaceful, etc. Mood is the overall feeling of the piece, or passage. By choosing certain words rather than others and by weaving their connotations together, an author can give whole settings and scenes a kind of personality, or mood.

Identify the Mood Bouncing into the room, she lit up the vicinity with a joyous glow on her face as she told about her fiancé and their wedding plans. She huddled in the corner, clutching her tattered blanket and shaking convulsively, as she feverishly searched the room for the unknown dangers that awaited her. She lay on the couch in a white evening dress, whispering softly in the ear of her fiancé, running her fingers through his hair and gently nibbling his earlobe. Bursting through the door, the flustered mother screamed uncontrollably at the innocent teacher who gave her child an

Homework Read Chapter 6 p. 99-136 Take note of pages that describe Himmelstoss Take down at least 3 things he says Take down at least 3 things he does 2. Describe the night the men spend listening to the wounded man cry out for help.   3. Describe the scene in the field after the battle is over. What do the men see? How many men did the company lose?