Use the sentence to answer the question. We could go to the mall, or would you rather shop online? In a paragraph, identify the mood shift and explain how to correct it.
The mood shift in this sentence is from a positive suggestion of going to the mall to a potentially negative question about shopping online. To correct this mood shift, the sentence could be rephrased to something like: We could either go to the mall or shop online, what do you prefer? This way, the options are presented neutrally and the question at the end invites the other person's input without implying a negative tone.
