Author's Craft, Voice, and Language

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.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

________ ________ is anything done on purpose by a writer to make their writing look or sound a certain way.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What do authors use to create their voices?

• Figurative language and sentence length

• Imagery and Repetition

• Text structures and features

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Craft is the art of __________.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

• Alliteration

• Metaphors

• Simile

• Imagery

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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

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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

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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