Author's Style

Author's Style

Multiple Choice

The definition of author's style is...

• a writer's unique way of communicating ideas using word choice, sentence structure, imagery, point of view, voice, and tone.
• a writer's attitude toward his or her subject such as serious, humorous, sarcastic, and respectful.
• giving human qualities to an animal, object, phenomenon, idea, or anything that is not specifically human.
• a form of language that is spoken in a particular region by people who live there.

Multiple Choice

An author's use of slang terms, formal and informal language, or old English reflects:

• word choice.

• dialogue.

• tone.

• mood.

Multiple Select

Choose all of the formal phrases.

• "Jill has great taste in music, art, and fashion."

• "Mrs. Wilson fulfilled her duties as a secretary for thirty year and retired in March."

• "Whoa! You really know how to doll up when going to a party."

• "Mr. Nix sure does know how to cook a mean steak dinner."

Multiple Select

Choose all of the informal phrases.

• "This meal is delicious and delightfully prepared."

• "What's up?! Do you wanna hang out after school?"

• "I'm gonna go to the beach with my folks Saturday."

• "Nathan recommends taking a map before you go on vacation."

Multiple Choice

What is sentence structure?

• the structure of an entire book

• the way the sentence is written out on a page

• the choice of words used in a sentence

• the lengths and types of sentences a writer uses

Multiple Choice

In the line below, what kind of technique is the author using to create his/her style?
"So far, so good. On duty at 10 o'clock...a few words about the ice problem with Lookout Reginald Lee, who shared the same watch...a few more words about the cold...but mostly just silence, as the two stared into the darkness."

• sentence length and punctuation
• imagery and tone
• point of view and voice
• word choice

Multiple Choice

What type of imagery is this?
The thunder clapped loudly shaking the house

• Sight
• Sound
• Touch 
• Taste

Multiple Choice

"This one goes out to the 
man who mines for miracles"

• Alliteration
• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

"I'm fighting for this girl
On a battlefield of love"

• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Simile

Multiple Choice

"To the swinging and the ringing of the bells, bells, bells..."

• metaphor
• simile
• repetition
• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

In the line below, what technique is the author using to create his/her style?
"As he paced the deck, he noticed what he and his mates called 'Whiskers 'round the Light'--tiny splinters of ice in the air, fine as dust, that gave off myriads of bright colors whenever caught in the glow of the deck lights."

• imagery
• tone
• point of view
• sentence length