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Mood is the feelings or emotions that surround an event. As you write, you can control the mood your readers will feel by using sensory details. Using exciting, colorful words can create a cheerful mood, while scary, gloomy ones can make the mood mysterious.

As you watch this video, think about what mood Sir Arthur Conan Doyle builds for the murder mystery The Hound of the Baskervilles.

What is the mood in this story? How does the author create this mood?