Title: Mood - Examples and Definition of Mood as a Literary Device
Headings: Mood
Mood
Definition of Mood
Common Examples of Adjectives to Describe Mood
Examples of How Writers Establish Mood
Setting
Tone
Choice of Words
Subject Matter
Difference Between Mood and Atmosphere
Examples of Mood in Literature
Example 1: Eurydice (H.D.)
So you have swept me back,
I who had lived unconscious,
Example 2: And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
Example 3: The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)

Content: Mood - Examples and Definition of Mood as a Literary Device
Mood
Definition of Mood
As a literary device, mood refers to the emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story. This response can range anywhere from feelings of calm, fear, anger, or joy depending on the literary work. In general, short stories and poems feature a consistent mood due to their length. Novels can feature more than one mood, although readers will typically identify an overall emotional response to the work as a whole. Mood allows a writer to create a memorable and meaningful story with which the reader can connect. In addition, writers reveal their artistic use of language and creative skills when establishing the mood of a literary work. For example, in her novel about the relationships between mothers and daughters, Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club utilizes mood as a literary device to evoke emotions in the reader as a parallel for the way the mother characters attempt to emotionally connect with their daughters. It’s not that we had no heart or eyes for pain. We were all afraid. We all had our miseries.