Author's Style & Word Choice

The way a writer conveys ideas to a reader

• denotation

• connotation

• word choice

• style

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The dictionary definition of a word

• denotation

• connotation

• word choice

• style

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The image or feeling connected to a word (i.e., positive, negative)

• denotation

• connotation

• word choice

• style

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A writer's use of words

Can be general or specific

Can be positive or negative

• denotation

• connotation

• word choice

• style

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Giving human traits and characteristics to a non-human object, animal, or idea.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An extreme exaggeration of an idea for emphasis

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A