Examples of mood in a book

While moods are commonly used to describe how an individual person feels at a given time, they also can be used to describe the atmosphere of groups of people, places, and eras or time periods.

When describing how a group is feeling, a collective mood is often used.

For example, if something unfair happens in the workplace and a group of employees lost their jobs, this group's mood can be described as frustrated and enraged. If a group of students gets to go on a fun field trip for the day instead of sitting in the classroom, the mood can be described as excited or elated.

Descriptive writing can be used to set the mood of a place.

When describing a place, you will want to add plenty of detail and use vivid words. For example, if writing about a beach use words such as salty sea air, gentle breeze, soft sand, lapping waves or warm sun rays. The mood set for this beach is calm and peaceful.

When referring to a period of time or specific era, moods can be used to set th