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Literary Review Worksheet - Imagery, Mood And Tone In "The Devil And Tom Walker"

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Imagery, Mood and Tone in “The Devil and Tom Walker”

Literary Element Review

In the space below, write the definitions for mood and tone. Remember that while there are some

similarities, there IS a difference.

Mood—

Tone—

As we read “The Devil and Tom Walker,” let’s try to distinguish between mood and tone.

Imagery and diction can be used to determine the mood of a piece of literature. “The Devil and Tom Walker”

is full of sensory detail – descriptions that relate to the 5 senses (sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch).

1. Find four examples of sensory description/imagery on pages 350-352 with the sentence that ends with

“made sacrifices to the evil spirit of “The Devil and Tom Walker.”

Sense (sight, smell, hearing,

Imagery quote from text (with citation)

taste or touch)

“A few miles from Boston in Massachusetts, there is a deep inlet, winding

Ex: sight

several miles into the interior of the country from Charles Bay, and

terminating in a thickly wooded swamp or morass.” (350)

2. Using the sensory details above, choose two mood words to describe this section.

A. __________________________

B. _______________________________

3. Explain why you chose these particular words for the mood.

Literary Review Worksheet - Imagery, Mood And Tone In "The Devil And Tom Walker"