Author's Style

The listeners, views or readers of a work

• Sentence fluency

• Word Choice

• Audience

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.W.7.4

CCSS.W.7.5

What is the difference between sentence fluency and sentence variation?

• Sentence fluency is about the length of the sentence and variation is about the words in the sentence.

• Fluency is about the length of sentences and variation is about the thoughts in the sentence

• Fluency is about how the sentences flow and variation is about the word choice in the sentences.

• Sentence fluency is about how the sentences sound and flow. Variation is about the length of the sentences.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.W.8.2D

Mood is mainly about the feelings of the ....

• Author

• Audience

• Characters

• No one

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5D

Tone is mainly about the feelings of the...

• Audience

• Author

• Characters

• No one

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CCSS.RL.8.4

When an author uses figurative language in their writing this is an example of what author's style technique?

• Word Choice

• Mood

• Tone

• Sentence fluency

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

The definition of author's style is...

• a writer's unique way of communicating ideas using word choice, sentence structure, imagery, point of view, voice, and tone.
• a writer's attitude toward his or her subject such as serious, humorous, sarcastic, and respectful.
• giving human qualities to an animal, object, phenomenon, idea, or anything that is not specifically human.
• a form of language that is spoken in a particular region by people who live there.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In the line below, what kind of technique is the author using to create his/her style?
"So far, so good. On duty at 10 o'clock...a few words about the ice problem with Lookout Reginald Lee, who shared the same watch...a few more words about the cold...but mostly just silence, as the two stared into the darkness."

• sentence length and punctuation
• imagery and tone
• point of view and voice
• word choice

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CCSS.L.7.5D

In the line below, what technique is the author using to create his/her style?
"As he paced the deck, he noticed what he and his mates called 'Whiskers 'round the Light'--tiny splinters of ice in the air, fine as dust, that gave off myriads of bright colors whenever caught in the glow of the deck lights."

• imagery
• tone
• point of view
• sentence length

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.3D

In the line below, what technique is the author using to create his/her style?
"Appleton felt hardly any shock at all, but she noticed an unpleasant ripping sound...like someone tearing a long, long strip of calico."

• imagery
• personification
• sentence length
• tone

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CCSS.L.7.5D

In the line below, what technique is the author using in order to create his/her style?
"As he looked through the glass, he saw a wall of ice glide by."

• imagery
• hyperbole
• tone
• puntuation

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4