Author's Craft Review

More Author's Craft Strategies

Adages, Puns, Hyperbole, Stereotype, Anecdote

Multiple Select

Select the boxes that contain an author's craft strategy we have learned about in unit 2 thus far:

• figurative language

• voice

• print and graphic features

• pencil and paper

• sound devices (alliteration, onomatopoeia, etc.)

Open Ended

Explain why authors use different craft strategies.

More Author's Craft Strategies:

Authors use adages or puns to catch you attention and make you think deeply about their message.

Multiple Select

Select the examples of adages and puns. There is only one that isn't an adage or pun!

• Actions speak louder than words.

• The sun was shining.

• What do you call a pig that does karate? A pork chop!

• In seeking great happiness, small pleasures may be lost.

• Beggars can't be choosers.

More Author's Craft Strategies:

Authors use hyperbole to make a point!

Multiple Choice

Which one is an example of hyperbole?

• My backpack weighs a ton!

• We didn't go anywhere today.

• I can hop over the fence.

• The roller coaster was fast!

Multiple Choice

Which one is an example of hyperbole?

• The books were filled with hundreds of words.

• I want to go out to eat.

• You have a million toys. You don't need anymore!

• The bird flew towards the sky.

More Author's Craft Strategies:

Authors use idioms to catch your attention and make their point.

Poll

These are all examples of idioms. In your opinion, which idiom is the funniest?

• Hold your horses! (This means that you need to wait.)

• It's raining cats and dogs! (This means that it is raining really hard outside.)

• That'll happen when pigs fly! (This means that it will never happen.)

• This homework assignment is a piece of cake! (This means that it is easy.)

More Author's Craft Strategies:

Authors add anecdotes to give more information or make the reader connect with their idea better.

Open Ended

Write your own anecdote! Write a QUICK story about a field trip experience you have had!

Open Ended

Write your own anecdote! Write a QUICK story about an embarrassing moment you have had or that you have witnessed.

More Author's Craft Strategies:

Look at at the picture. How does it show stereotypes for boys and girls? Boys usually like... Girls usually like...

There are many other kinds of stereotypes that exist in our culture:

• Gender stereotypes (ex. Boys are strong and capable. Girls are quiet and like to dress up.)

• Stereotypes about jobs (ex. Lawyers are loud and argumentative.)

• Stereotypes about appearance and ethnicity (ex. Blondes aren't very smart.)

• Stereotypes about family status (ex. Older siblings are more responsible.)

Stereotypes aren't true all the time. But authors can use stereotypes in their writing.

• They might design a character that goes along with a stereotype to help us understand the character better.

• They might design a character that goes against a stereotype to break outside of the norm.

Reread "The Two Brothers" by Leo Tolstoy. Look for...

• Adages/proverbs

• Stereotypes

• Hyperbole

• Be ready to share what you found after the story. (You may want to make notes on paper at home while you read.)

Open Ended

Write an example of an adage/proverb from the story:

Open Ended

Explain how stereotypes were a part of this story.

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of exaggeration from the story?

• He took her cubs, and ran up the mountain without looking back.

• He ruled for five years.

• The two brothers rejoiced at seeing each other, and at once began telling of all that had happened to them.

• At noon, they lay down in the forest to rest.

Open Ended

Leo Tolstoy likely used stereotypes, adages and hyperbole because...

Open Ended

Making connections is something good readers do. How can you connect with "The Two Brothers" story? Can you connect to yourself, another text or to something in the world? Explain your connection.