Style, Tone, Mood

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Style, Tone, Mood
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Style

• Style is the authors way of expressing his/her
  ideas. This is often done through word choice,
  voice, point of view, sentence structure,
  organization of text, and the use of conventions.
  

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When analysing an authors style we need to
consider

• Point of View
• Formal or Informal Writing
• Organization / Structure of Text
• Level of complexity of the writing
• Overall tone.
• By using these features in writing, different
  meanings of the context, (what the story / text
  is about) are shown to the audience.

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Tone

• The attitude or emotion implied by the author.
• The tone an author uses in a piece helps to
  communicate ideas.
• For example the sentence Thats fine. can have
  different meanings depending on the context in
  which it is used.
• It may be said matter-of-factly, sarcastically,
  or with sympathy.
• Tone in writing is similar to tone in speaking.

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Tone can be

• Formal, tragic, angry, kindly, cheerful,
  sarcastic, personal, impersonal, humorous,
  ironic, bitter, serious, whitty, sympathetic,
  haunting, suspenseful, angry, melancholic,
  tender, passionate, etc
• It can reflect the entire range of human emotions
  
• The tone of a how to article, for example, should
  be simple and straightforward, while the tone of
  a comedy piece should be playful and light.

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Tools used to create tone

• Obviously the author carefully selects words to
  create the tone of the poem, but they can use
  other poetic tools as well, such as hyperbole,
  understatement, irony, and paradox.
• Therefore, tone is the way a writer uses words
  (connotation), creates images, chooses details ,
  uses language and structures sentences to present
  a certain attitude or feeling to the reader about
  his/her writing topic.

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Mood

• Is the overall feeling a reader has about a piece
  of writing.
• We look at the words in the poem to help us get
  the mood of the poem. Ask the question how do I
  know?
• Words to describe mood cheerful, relieved,
  gloomy, bleak, uncertain, bittersweet, relaxed,
  hopeless, tense, furious, disappointed, dreamy,
  content, satisfied, inspired, etc.

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Other tools the author uses to create emotion.
(not limited to tone)

• Understatement -
• Hyperbole
• Irony
• Paradox