Key Terms - Mood & Feelings
English Language: Edexcel IGCSE - Specification B, topic 1.1.6
Key Terms for English Language - Mood and Feelings
You need to know the following key terms for your English Language exam:
Atmosphere
- The tone or feeling created in a piece of creative work.
- E.g. The dark sky hung ominously as they shivered in fear.
Pathetic fallacy
- Pathetic fallacy is when a writer gives human emotions to things that are not human, such as objects, animals or, most commonly, the weather.
- E.g. the night was unruly.
Pathos
- When language creates pity or sadness in the reader.
- E.g. When advertisements for charities show small children looking sad and living in horrible conditions - this is used to evoke pity and sadness in the audience, encouraging them to donate money to the cause.
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