Welcome to Ms. Luby's Class!
You probably already know a lot about books. In school you read different kinds of books, from fiction to plays to biographies, and you often talk about the main idea of a passage, the characters, the setting, and maybe a few other aspects of the book. However, there are many more literary qualities of a book that work to make it interesting and unique. In fact, although you don't know it, these other devices are probably why you like some books and not others.
Mood, Tone, and Point of View are three parts of a book or passage that you might not realize that you are picking up when you read something, and which take time to learn to interpret, or translate the meaning of. The Mood, Tone, and Point of View of a piece all work together throughout the book to influence the Theme of a passage. You can click on the links in this paragraph or use the titles at the top of the page to learn more about each of these and get some practice understanding them.
On each page, there is a link to a passage from a book in purple. Before you click on the link, be sure to read the bolded questions to think about while you read Then, click on the link to navigate to the passage, which is listed by its bibliographic citation. Even though each page only focuses on one of the topics, when you read the passages, you should try to think about how what else you have learned throughout the website applies to the passages.
Mood, Tone, and Point of View are three parts of a book or passage that you might not realize that you are picking up when you read something, and which take time to learn to interpret, or translate the meaning of. The Mood, Tone, and Point of View of a piece all work together throughout the book to influence the Theme of a passage. You can click on the links in this paragraph or use the titles at the top of the page to learn more about each of these and get some practice understanding them.
On each page, there is a link to a passage from a book in purple. Before you click on the link, be sure to read the bolded questions to think about while you read Then, click on the link to navigate to the passage, which is listed by its bibliographic citation. Even though each page only focuses on one of the topics, when you read the passages, you should try to think about how what else you have learned throughout the website applies to the passages.
