Reading Skills: Author's Craft

The Author's Craft makes their writing more...

• boring!

• interesting!

• serious...

• amazing!

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

Choose some Techniques than an Author can use:

• Kung Fu Fighting

• Mood

• Anecdote

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

"There was a shiny sun, chirping birds and colorful flowers all around..."

• Mood: cheerful

• Anecdote

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"One time I came to school with different sneakers on each foot... it was so funny yet embarrasing..."

• Mood: cheerful

• Anecdote

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

That was the most difficult Math test I have ever done!

• Mood: cheerful

• Anecdote

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

This technique uses exaggeration to make things bigger or better than they truly are

• Mood: cheerful

• Anecdote

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

This technique uses the emotions or feelings of the reader when reading a story.

• Language

• Mood

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

This technique uses vivid verbs, sensory words and precise nouns to make the text more interesting

• Language

• Mood

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4