4.1 NYS ELA Test Author's Craft + Thinking Jobs

A key word that tells you the story is in first-person

• She

• Me

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

a key word that tells you the story is in third-person

• She

• We

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

When a character thinks about something that has happened in the past, it is called a________________.

• Cliffhanger 
• Static 
• Foreshadowing 
• Flashback 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

When a writer provides clues that hint at what's to come in a story

• mystery

• foreshadowing

• mood

• suspense

The leaves danced and twirled in the wind.

• simile
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Katy Perry:

"Baby, you're a firework;

Come on let your colors burst"

• allusion, irony
• metaphor, imagery
• simile, imagery
• personification, allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

 What is imagery?

• Sound devices to help the readers hear what is going on in a text.
• Author's craft
• Words an author uses to help create a picture
• A series of images in a story

  
  

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Imagery is...

• Persuading the reader to feel the same as you
• Using adjectives only
• Creating a picture in the reader's mind
• Using figurative language only

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The leaves danced and twirled in the wind.Why did the author use the craft of personification in this sentence?

• It helps the reader to hear what is going on.
• It allows the reader to see what the leaves were doing in a more interesting way.
• It helps provide rhythm to the sentence.
• It helps to show the point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"We hadn't gotten any rain in months. The grass was as dry as a bone." This is an example of...

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3