Read the following paragraphs carefully to see whether or not they create a mood. Yesterday three men were crucified on the slopes of Mt. Calvary. Two of the men were convicted of robbery.

The third man was convicted following a lengthy trial. Several unusual circumstances seemed to be involved with His arrest and conviction. The man, Jesus from Nazareth, had made repeated claims to be the King of the Jews.

Several strange weather conditions occurred during the crucifixion. The Jerusalem Weather Bureau could give no official explanation of the unusual events.

Do the paragraphs above create a mood? If so, what kind of mood do they create? Type an answer describing what kind of mood is created. Use at least one example from the paragraph to demonstrate the mood. If no mood is created, type No mood is created.

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

-1st paragraph:

Yesterday three men were crucified on the slopes of Mt. Calvary. Two of the men were convicted of robbery.

No mood is created. It is simply a sentence that informs of a situation.

-2nd paragraph:

The third man was convicted following a lengthy trial. Several unusual circumstances seemed to be involved with His arrest and conviction. The man, Jesus from Nazareth, had made repeated claims to be the King of the Jews.

Tense mood. It creates some tension in that the paragraph refers to the convicted man and his following arrest. The reader can imagine the worst of the character and this creates tension

-3rd paragraph.

Several strange weather conditions occurred during the crucifixion. The Jerusalem Weather Bureau could give no official explanation of the unusual events.

Frightened mood. It creates fear when the author writes about the weather conditions and the strange events that happened during the moment when Jesu of Nazareth was crucified, and even more when the paragraph says that there are no true or satisfactory explanations to that phenomenon.