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.RL.7.4

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.W.7.3D

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.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.4

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.W.7.3B

CCSS.W.7.3D

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.L.7.3A

CCSS.W.7.3D

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.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.W.7.3B

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.W.7.3B

CCSS.W.7.3D

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.7.6

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.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

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.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4