is mood a literary device??

Question

is mood a literary device? how about flashback?

Answer 1

This depends on the type of story. Mood is definately a way to manipulate your audience into feeling a certain way towards a certain character (IE making you thnik the bulter comitted the crime) this appeals to your sense of logic and emotion at the same time. Flashbacks can work, if used correctly, when in doubt ask your teacher/professor etc. what they want to see in the work that you are creating for them to read.

Answer 2

See this list. According to it...mood is not, but a flashback is.

Pathetic fallacy is the reflection of the mood of a character (usually the protagonist) in the innate objects. A good example is the storm in William Shakespeare's King Lear, which mirrors Lear's mental deterioration.

Reading at some other sites indicates that the various devices help set the mood. Mood is defined as a literary element rather than a device.

Answer 3

Because people vary in their life experiences, their receptiveness to an author's intended or created mood depends upon how it is presented and how the reader interprets it. Since how the reader feels and the intended or created mood are both present when reading, both are necessary and provide input to the resultant mood.

Answer 4

There are THOUSANDS of web pages about literary devices. Have you googled today?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=literary+devices

good luck