Author's Craft

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

• Artistry and competence

• Experience and intelligence

• Skills and techniques

• Proficiency and expertise

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

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

• Alliteration

• Metaphors

• Simile

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Author’s make purposeful choices to create mood, shape meaning, and deepen the impact on the

• reader

• character and setting in the story

• audience

• Text

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

“I told you a million times”

This is an example of

• SImile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Abbie’s alligator ate apples and asparagus.

This is an example of

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

“ Crash, Buzz, Thump, Bang”

This is an example of

• Simile

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Identify the main text structure used in the passage below.

A river is a large natural stream of flowing water. The source of a river is the place where the river starts. This is usually the highest point in the river. Many rivers begin in springs, places where underground water flows to the Earth’s surface. Some rivers begin in melting glaciers high up in the mountains or in lakes.

• Problem and solution

• Sequence

• Compare and contrast

• Description

• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The emotions and feelings of the reader while reading a text is the

• Voice

• Language

• Mood

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4