Author's craft

This is the purpose that the author wrote a text.  (PIE).  

• Author's Purpose 
• Author's Craft 
• Theme 
• Point of view 

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

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.

• description

• problem/solution

• compare/contrast

• cause and effect

What are the three reasons for writing?  

• Persuade, Inform, Entertain
• Personal, Interview, Entertain
• Persuade, Irony, Entertain
• Personal, Inform, Evolve

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

What are the five categories of the author's craft?

• Key Ideas, Details, Explicit Information, Implicit Information, Making Inferences,

• voice, mood, anecdote, language, hyperbole

• Preview, Question, Predict, Infer, Connect

• Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Proofreading, Publishing

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

"If I told you once then I told you a thousand times to clean your room!"
This quote is an example of which type of figurative language?

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Mood is mainly about the feelings of the ....

• Author

• Reader

• Characters

• No one

Select all that apply. Which of the following are specified as Word Craft techniques?

• Imagery

• Details

• Word Choice

• Vivid Verbs

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

This is the author’s writing style that makes his or her writing unique

• voice

• mood

• language

• none of the above

True or false: the language is the vocabulary, precise nouns, sensory words, and vivid verbs that make the text more interesting

• True

• false

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Exaggerations that make things sound bigger, better, or more than what they truly are

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3