List of Mood / Tone Words - Handout for Students

This List of Mood / Tone Words - Handout for Students resource is a great guide for writers to use. The list includes words that are separated by category: positive, negative, sorrowful, humorous, and neutral.

There are 33 positive words, 34 negative words, 15 humorous words, 15 sorrowful words, and 18 neutral words.

Also included in this resource is a short description of how to identify mood/tone and a few examples.

This is a great reference for students which can be used to reinforce the skill of identifying mood and tone throughout the year.

Additionally it is a complete list to help students in the following:

• - As writers describe the the mood and tone of characters of a story.

• - To identify in the literature and use as topics of discussions

• - To have students create and impersonate characters.

• - To categorize the different words into the categories presented.

• - To learn vocabulary words and practice spelling of these words.

• - To define each word

Overall, to have students increase their knowledge and their vocabulary with this easy to use guide.

The guide is ready to print and use, and for it to last a long time, it can be laminated and posted in the classroom as well.

One PDF reference sheet / handout