Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of the scarlet letter. Certain it is, that, some fifteen or twenty years after the settlement of the town, the wooden jail was already marked with weather-stains and other indications of age, which gave a yet darker aspect to its beetle-browed and gloomy front. The rust on the ponderous iron-work of its oaken door looked more antique than any thing else in the new world. The author most likely include the words "darker aspect," "beetle-browed," "gloomy," and "ponderous" in order to.

It is the feeling that the text promotes.
It is the sentiment that the author wants to convey.
It is one of the elements that allow the reader to be inserted into the story.

The mood is only identified by reading the text. In this case, the reader must pay attention to specific words, which determine feelings that must be felt through the words read.

An example of this can be seen in the excerpt above through the words "darker aspect," "beetle-browed," "gloomy," and "ponderous."

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