I know that a lot of you have been teaching Tone and Mood to students, and you report that students often confuse the two. I think the easiest way to distinguish the two - and to address that craft and structure standard that is so difficult - is to focus on Tone as author craft and Mood as effect on reader. Here is a link to a teacher's website that provides a great list of words to describe Tone and Mood - so important, because students often lack the vocabulary to discuss Tone and Mood in a sophisticated way.
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