AUTHORS CRAFT

repetition

• author’s decision to repeat an idea, action, behavior, event, word or phrase

• adjustment to timing of events an author makes to slow down or pick up the events or ideas

• a situation or phrase that provokes laughter or creates amusement

• a hint of a future event, which often creates suspense

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

imagery

• conversation between two or more characters

• author’s presentation of information about characters (personality, actions, appearance, speech, thoughts, etc)

• words or phrases that appeal to the senses and create mental images (sight, smell, taste, touch, sound)

• author’s decision to repeat an idea, action, behavior, event, word or phrase

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

dialogue

• a situation or phrase that provokes laughter or creates amusement

• conversation between two or more characters

• the unique characteristics of the first person narrator’s use of language (ex: y’all)

• the perspective from which the story is told

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

characterization

• purposeful use of precise words and phrases in order to capture the action and convey experiences and events

• adjustment to timing of events an author makes to slow down or pick up the events or ideas

• author’s presentation of information about characters (personality, actions, appearance, speech, thoughts, etc)

• a situation or phrase that provokes laughter or creates amusement

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

word-choice

• purposeful use of precise words and phrases in order to capture the action and convey experiences and events

• the unique characteristics of the first person narrator’s use of language (ex: y’all)

• the perspective from which the story is told

• a situation or phrase that provokes laughter or creates amusement

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

voice

• words/expressions with a meaning that differs from the literal interpretation, such as simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification, alliteration and symbolism

• the perspective from which the story is told

• the unique characteristics of the first person narrator’s use of language (ex: y’all)

• conversation between two or more characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

pacing

• author’s decision to repeat an idea, action, behavior, event, word or phrase

• words or phrases that appeal to the senses and create mental images (sight, smell, taste, touch, sound)

• adjustment to timing of events an author makes to slow down or pick up the events or ideas

• conversation between two or more characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

point of view

• the perspective from which the story is told

• a situation or phrase that provokes laughter or creates amusement

• words/expressions with a meaning that differs from the literal interpretation, such as simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification, alliteration and symbolism

• a hint of a future event, which often creates suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

humor

• words/expressions with a meaning that differs from the literal interpretation, such as simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification, alliteration and symbolism

• a situation or phrase that provokes laughter or creates amusement

• a transition in a story to an earlier time in order to provide back-story

• a hint of a future event, which often creates suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

figurative language

• the perspective from which the story is told

• words/expressions with a meaning that differs from the literal interpretation, such as simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification, alliteration and symbolism

• a situation or phrase that provokes laughter or creates amusement

• a transition in a story to an earlier time in order to provide back-story

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5