Author's Craft

_______________ is the language and techniques authors use to make their writing more interesting and to better communicate ideas to the reader.

• Anecdote

• Author's Craft

• Figurative Language

• Literal Language

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CCSS.L.4.3A

Authors use _________, or a writing style, which makes their writing uniquely theirs.

• hyperbole

• anecdote

• figurative language

• voice

Tags

CCSS.W.4.4

The technique authors use to get emotions and feelings across is how authors set the ___________ of suspense or excitement for readers.

• simile

• voice

• mood

• anecdote

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

An __________ is a short, funny, or interesting story that relates to the bigger story.

• metaphor

• anecdote

• author's craft

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RL.4.4

Words or expressions that mean something different from their dictionary definitions are called ________________.

• literal language

• anecdote

• voice

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

A _________ compares two different things using like or as.

• simile

• anecdote

• mood

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

A _________states something is something else.

• simile

• anecdote

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.RL.4.4

Authors use _________ to emphasize ideas by exaggerating them to make them seem bigger, better, or more than what they truly are.

• simile

• anecdote

• hyperbole

• metaphor