atmosphere

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The emotional nod created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of the objects described. Even such elements as a description of the weather can contribute to the atmosphere. Frequently atmosphere foreshadows events. Perhaps it can create a mood.

"TRUE! --nervous --very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses --not destroyed --not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily --how calmly I can tell you the whole story." (Edgar Allen Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart")
 * Literary Example:**

This poem creates a chilling atmosphere. As the reader, you feel dark events are being foreshadowed. The development of the plot is slow, and the eerie mood slowly builds.

"Atmosphere." __Your Dictionary__. 27 Sept. 2007 <[|http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/a/a0501200.html>.] Garcia, Raul. "Animation Competition." __The Savannah Film Festival__. 27 Sept. 2007 <[|http://www.scad.edu/filmfest/fest05/animation.cfm>.] Poe, Edgar A. "The Tell-Tale Heart." __Pambytes__. 1995. 27 Sept. 2007 .
 * Sources:**

MAronson, Period 4