What are 3 important things that you learned?

"It's not what we say... it's how we say it."

Formalist Criticism Mantra

1. Words and phrases mean more then they first appear. This is extremely important because you may want to include words or phrases in a piece of writing but the writing is not complex because it is not elaborated it enough which is why it's the way you say it that is important. I found it helpful to discuss form in this way. This helped me to realize what kind of words I need to look for when I'm reading a piece of writing. This is enlightens my understanding of what I knew before and it allows me to apply so much more meaning. 

Tone vs Mood

2. Often times in the past I would always confuse the difference between the mood and tone. In the video, I learned that the tone is the author's attitude towards the subject they are writing about and the mood is how the reader feels about that subject. You will hardly see mood and tone in the same exact story at the same time. Before I thought that the tone of the story was how the story sounds like, for example the tone of a story can be sad. And I thought the mood of the story is how the story makes me feel, and I was right. But I could not tell the difference the two as much as I see it now.

The "Rules" of a structure 

3. Wholeness, transformation, self-regulation