Author's Writing Style

1. A definition of Author’s craft consists of the writer's

• Artistry and competence

• Experience and intelligence

• Skills and techniques

• Proficiency and expertise

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

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Author's ________ is anything done on purpose by a writer to make their writing look or sound a certain way.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

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Which techniques are part of author's craft?

• Figurative language and sentence length

• Imagery and Repetition

• Text structures and features

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Author's craft is the art of __________.

• Writing

• Reading

• Metaphor

• Listening

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

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CCSS.RL.9-10.6

The comparison of two different things using the words “like” or “as.”

• Alliteration

• Metaphors

• Simile

• Imagery

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When an author gives animals, objects, ideas, or actions, the qualities of humans, he/she is using...

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Allusion

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

“I told you a million times”

This is an example of

• SImile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Abbie’s alligator ate apples and asparagus.

This is an example of

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

“ Crash, Buzz, Thump, Bang”

This is an example of

• Simile

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The use of descriptive language is to create powerful images in the reader’s mind. Often the author describes one of the five senses to help create the image. What sense is used in the sentence below:

"The Autumn leaves are a blanket of snow"

• Smell

• Visual

• Touch and feeling

• Sound

• Taste

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4