Author's Craft

World-building is mostly related to...

• characters

• plot

• setting

• theme

Authors of which genre(s) need to "build a world" for their readers?

• speculative and fantasy fiction

• realistic and contemporary fiction

• non-fiction (true) and journalism

• basically all genres!

Nyxia was one example we listened to. Which word would best describe its setting?

• futuristic

• historical

• oceanic

• horrorific

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The Soul of an Octopus is non-fiction, but the author still has to build a world. How does she do that?

• by explaining her feelings and thoughts

• by giving facts about octopus anatomy

• by describing the aquarium and tank where the octopus lives

• by including exciting action scenes

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What might an image tell us in a graphic novel that we'd need words to understand in a traditional text?

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5