Author's Craft Pre-assessment

What does author's craft mean

• When an author gives a biography of his background.

• The way and style an author writes.

• The theme or message of a story

• When an author does an interview with a newspaper.

Tone means

• How the reader feels while reading a story

• The ending of a story

• The beginning of a story

• How the author feels or his attitude about what he is writing

Imagery means

• The message of the story

• When characters experience an obstacle

• When the author compares two items using like or as

• When the author includes descriptive language to help me imagine what is happening in the story.

Characterization is NOT

• How the character speaks

• Details about how the character looks

• How the author organizes their paragraphs and sentences in a story.

• Details about how the character feels or thinks

Word choice means

• The words an author uses in a book; these words are important and stand out in the story or develop the story

• How an author feels about their story

• the first paragraph of the essay

• a genre or type of book

Structure means

• The theme or message of a story

• Comparing two objects using like or as

• The author's purpose for writing a story

• The way an author organizes and writes his sentences, paragraphs, and plot line

A literary essay is

• an essay analyzing a story or book

• an argumentative writing

• a collage of books

• an essay about my interests and hobbies

Examples of transitions are

• Therefore,

• The,

• Also,

• Next,

A good introduction to an essay

• States the claim or main purpose for the essay

• Gives the reader some background information about the topic

• Possibly asks an interesting question or includes an interesting fact

• All of the above

A flashback means

• When an event happens quickly at the end of a story

• When the author shows the reader a memory or event from the past

• When characters speak in the story

• The main message of the story