Author's Methods

allusion

• reference to a famous text, person, or historical event to provide a connection or comparison.
• Comparison
• groups or divisions of people, things, or ideas that share similar characteristics.
• used by authors to show similarities or differences between things or ideas as a way to convey more precise information.

analogy

• a direct comparison that shows the similarities between two different things or ideas. It uses "like" or "as" to show similarity.
• A comparison between things that have similar characteristics is often used to help explain an idea or clarify. It has more details than a simile and a metaphor.
• Metaphor
• Narration/Exposition

anecdote

• specific instances or samples to illustrate an idea or concept.
• What method is used in the following sentence?
• A short, interesting, sometimes funny story that usually highlights one particular theme, lesson, or aspect of a person's character.
• reference to a famous text, person, or historical event to provide a connection or comparison.

categories

• Category
• Comparison
• groups or divisions of people, things, or ideas that share similar characteristics.
• Simile

comparison

• used by authors to show similarities or differences between things or ideas as a way to convey more precise information.
• A comparison between things that have similar characteristics is often used to help explain an idea or clarify. It has more details than a simile and a metaphor.
• a direct comparison that shows the similarities between two different things or ideas. It uses "like" or "as" to show similarity.
• What method is used in the following sentence?

Descriptive details / Sensory details

• specific instances or samples to illustrate an idea or concept.
• What method is used in the following sentence?
• details that help readers visualize a scene or experience through the senses. They often use sensory language, such as words that appeal to sight, smell, or touch
• What method is used in the following sentence?

dialogue

• A direct explanation of the topic that an author provides. It usually introduces background information about a character, setting, or event.
• What method is used in the following sentence?
• the actual words spoken by an individual to another individual, written with quotation marks.
• reference to a famous text, person, or historical event to provide a connection or comparison.

examples

• A comparison between things that have similar characteristics is often used to help explain an idea or clarify. It has more details than a simile and a metaphor.
• What method is used in the following sentence?
• Narration/Exposition
• specific instances or samples to illustrate an idea or concept.

Exposition / Narration

• Descriptive details
• A short, interesting, sometimes funny story that usually highlights one particular theme, lesson, or aspect of a person's character.
• an often implied or indirect comparison that connects two unrelated things or ideas based on a common characteristic. States that one thing is the other without using "like" or "as".
• A direct explanation of the topic that an author provides. It usually introduces background information about a character, setting, or event.

metaphor

• A short, interesting, sometimes funny story that usually highlights one particular theme, lesson, or aspect of a person's character.
• Descriptive details
• Analogy
• an often implied or indirect comparison that connects two unrelated things or ideas based on a common characteristic. States that one thing is the other without using "like" or "as".