Author's Craft Review

What is the genre of the text?

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction

• Persuasive

• Poetry

Who are the main characters?

• The basketball coach and Brian

• Brian and Max

• Mom and Max

• Max and the basketball team

Use inferencing to decide where the setting takes place.

• The pool

• The school

• Home

• The park

What is the conflict of the story?

• The boys are bullied at the park.

• Max's grades are dropping.

• The boys lost their game.

• Max is in trouble.

What is the solution of the story?

• The boys win the next game.

• Max's grades improve.

• Max serves detention.

• Brian stands up to Max and asks if he wants to be their friend.

The title of the story Basketball Bully has an example of author's craft:

• repetition

• alliteration

• show, don't tell

• dialogue

The sentence below is written incorrectly. Find the choice below that writes it correctly: at home i told my mom about max

• At home I told my mom about max

• At home i told my mom about Max.

• At home I told my mom about Max.

• At home i told my mom about max.

In the sentence, "He said he was sorry." Replace the underlined word with a vivid verb.

• Exclaimed

• Scurried

• Galloped

• Sprinted

Strong action words (verbs) that help to show movement and strong mood/tone:

• alliteration

• vivid verbs

• repetition

• author's craft

Skills and crafts the author uses to tell a story:

• alliteration

• vivid verbs

• author's craft

• persuasive writing