Setting and Mood

What’s a mood?• What types of mood might a person be in?

• Do stories have moods?• How is the setting of the story connected to

the mood of the story?

Setting Creates Mood in a Story

• A murder mystery will always have a murder.• Consider the differences in the mystery if it

took place in:– A cozy English drawing room, with the gritty, edgy

feel of clues dredged in the sewers.– An August afternoon in a Mississippi swamp.– A glamorous Hollywood party packed with stars.

What mood doesthis setting evoke?

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