Literary Text lang & craft

Word Choice consists of

• formal

• informal

• combination

• confusing

Diction is

• How language is used

• Elaborate/long winded

• Efficient/to the point

• Confusing

When analyzing author's craft we need to ask ourselves...

• Is the vocabulary simple?

• Is the vocabulary complex?

• I the vocabulary creative?

• Is the vocabulary a combination of simple and complex words?

Sound devices are examples of

• loud words

• alliteration, rhyme, rhythm, onomatopoeia

• happiness, joy and fun

• length of piece

When analyzing author's craft we must

• scan what we are reading and look at the pictures and graphics

• look at the format, sentence structure and paragraph/chapter/stanza structure

Dialogue is

• Conversations with other people or characters in the text

• Using parentheses

• Using punctuation

• Sharing thoughts of characters with readers

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

When we are analyzing the author's ATTITUDE towards the topic in which they are writing about we are looking at the

• mood

• motif

• tone

• purpose

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

When we are analyzing the EMOTIONS in a text we are looking at words that create a

• diction

• tone

• mood

• motif

Science fiction historical fiction, poetry, nonfiction, biographies, autobiographies are examples of

• themes

• sound devices

• formats

• genres

When the character or author is the one telling the story it is

• third person

• first person

• second person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6