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In psychology , affect is used to describe mood, especially a change in mood. However, while affect may describe mood, the two are completely different in meaning. Mood is a state of feeling (emotional), usually temporary, resulting from a specific stimulus. The word is derived from an ancient English word âmodâ which meant courage especially during war times.
Though mood and tone are related and often confused, they are very different literary devices. Tone refers to the authorâs attitude toward the work, while the definition of mood is that it is the emotions provoked in the reader. Thus, the difference can be understood in this way: tone is how the author feels, while mood is how the reader feels.