Author's Craft Terms Review

Example: Oh, great! Another day, another traffic jam.

What TERM is this an example of?

• Tone

• Diction

• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Example: Tim picked at his Thanksgiving dinner, but he wasn't hungry. His eye kept returning to the empty chair at the edge of the table, the same chair that his grandfather had sat in at this dinner last year, and all the years before.

What TERM is this an example of?

• Simile

• Personification

• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Example: The old house groaned under the weight of memories, of the generations of the family that had passed through its doors and halls.

What TERM is this an example of?

• Personification

• Simile

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Example: As the wind of the storm whipped around them, Monica caught sight of a little flower standing tall.

What TERM is this an example of?

• Juxtaposition

• Tone

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

1. Example: The computer's hard drive was a digital graveyard, storing countless files long forgotten by users past.

What TERM is this an example of?

• Symbolism

• Metaphor

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Example: The cake, soft and fluffy as a cloud, piled high into the air, its crests of strawberry frosting like foaming waves in a sea of sugary goodness.

What TERM is this an example of?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Symbolism

Answer explanation

Note that there's actually TWO similes: "as a cloud" and "like foaming waves."

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

1. Example: The clock ticked impatiently, and Jamie could've sworn that each tick was louder than the last.

What TERM is this an example of?

• Juxtaposition

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Definition: Using words in creative or imaginative ways that are different from their literal meanings.

What TERM does this definition correspond to?

• Figurative Language

• Imagery

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Definition: Descriptive language that engages the five human senses (sight, smell, sound, taste and touch), especially in ways that create patterns across a work.

What TERM does this definition correspond to?

• Figurative Language

• Imagery

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Definition: purposeful word choices.

What TERM does this definition correspond to?

• Figurative Language

• Imagery

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3