Mrs. Hill - Author's Craft

Multiple Choice

Which one is an example of hyperbole?

• The books were filled with hundreds of words.

• I want to go out to eat.

• You have a million toys. You don't need anymore!

• The bird flew towards the sky.

More Author's Craft Strategies:

Authors add anecdotes to give more information or make the reader connect with their idea better.

Open Ended

Write your own anecdote about a funny or wild field trip experience you have had! Make the reader really FEEL your emotions! Write at least ONE PARAGRAPH!

Multiple Choice

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

• Artistry and competence

• Experience and intelligence

• Skills and techniques

• Proficiency and expertise

Fill in the Blanks

Author's

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

Multiple Choice

Which techniques are part of author's craft?

• Figurative language and sentence length

• Imagery and Repetition

• Text structures and features

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Author's craft is the art of __________.

• Writing

• Reading

• Metaphor

• Listening

Multiple Choice

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

• Alliteration

• Metaphors

• Simile

• Imagery

Multiple Choice

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

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Allusion

Multiple Choice

“I told you a million times”

This is an example of

• SImile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

Multiple Choice

Abbie’s alligator ate apples and asparagus.

This is an example of

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

“ Crash, Buzz, Thump, Bang”

This is an example of

• Simile

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

Multiple Choice

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

Open Ended

Why do we study author’s craft?

Fill in the Blanks

An author uses

to paint a picture in the reader's mind.

Multiple Choice

A simile uses the words...

• maybe or sometimes

• in and out

• like or as

• left to right

Multiple Choice

Hyperbole is

• exaggeration

• guessing

• anecdote

• questioning

Multiple Choice

Define Author's Craft.

• Citing specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

• An activity involving skill in making things by hand like a boat or a ship.

• Reading closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it.

• How the author intentionally uses literary devices and narrative elements to tell a story, persuade, or inform an audience.

Multiple Choice

What is NOT a part of author's craft?

• Voice

• Anecdote

• Glossary

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

What is it called when there are exaggerations that make things sound bigger or better?

• Hyperbole

• Voice

• Mood

• Language

Multiple Choice

"Uncle Vernon made another funny noise, like a mouse being trodden on."

This is an example of a:

• simile

• imagery

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

"Your explanation is as clear as mud."

This is an example of:

• sarcasm

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

"Lightning danced across the sky. "

This is an example of:

• dialect

• idiom

• personification

• foreshadowing