Describe ways in which figurative language may create tone or mood

Figures of speech serve to create tone or mood by expressing emotions. Irony, for example, conveys sarcasm, bitterness, ridicule and disapproval. Hyperbole is used to express amplitude--aka exaggeration--to represent emotional intensity.

Explanation:

How does this figure of speech advertise emotion?  

Ironic language creates surprise because the statement has an opposite meaning than what it may seem on first glance to be communicating. We can use irony incorrectly in order slander someone's character without exposing ourselves as the cowardly social gate-keeper that we are. We don't want people who continue reading after that sentence or listening longer than a minute to know how empty-headed we really are - not just intellectually but also morally.

Explanation

The emotional tone of a passage is the mood it embodies and evokes. Writers use figurative language to communicate certain elements of a story such as emotion and theme. For example, if an author chooses to use hyperbole, or exaggerated language, this will often have a comic effect.