Choose the word which most nearly captures the mood of the quotation.'A far rush of wind sounded and a gust drove through the tops of the trees like a wave. The sycamore leaves turned up their silver sides, the brown, dry leaves on the ground scudded a few feet. And row on row of tiny wind waves flowed up the pool's green surface.' -- From John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men.

Mood is another word for the atmosphere of a play, poem, short story, or novel. Authors use character descriptions, setting and dialog to create mood. Although sometimes the atmosphere created at the beginning of a story remains until the end, it often changes at some point in the text. A good example is the play, An Inspector Calls, in which the mood changes drastically during the first act.