Which of the following choices BEST defines what an author's craft is?

Specific techniques an author uses to convey a certain purpose

The author's use of sensory language

When an author writes a story involving witchcraft

The author's use of figurative language

Words an author uses to help create a picture

Sound devices to help the readers hear what is going on in a text.

Creating a picture in the reader's mind

Persuading the reader to feel the same as you

The leaves danced and twirled in the wind. Why did the author use the craft of personification in this sentence?

It allows the reader to see what the leaves were doing in a more interesting way.

It helps the reader to hear what is going on.

It helps provide rhythm to the sentence.

It helps to show the point of view

CRASH! Batman slammed the batmobile into the wall. Why does the author use an onomatopoeia in this sentence?

It helps the readers hear the sound the crash is making and helps them feel like they are in the setting themselves.

It helps the readers visualize the scene better.

It helps the readers compare the sound of the batmobile crashing to a sound that's more familiar.

It helps create suspense in the story

Writer's Craft

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6th - 8th Grade

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The following quotations features figurative language:
‘Ah, William, we’re weary of weather,
said the sunflowers, shining with dew.
Our traveling habits have tired us.
Can you give us a room with a view?”

simile

metaphor

personification

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The following sentence contains which literary device:
“Jimmy Smith was moving through the room like an enormous trained mole collecting the empty cans."

oxymoron

hyperbole

simile

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

CRASH! Batman slammed the batmobile into the wall.

onomatopoeia

simile

personification

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The leaves danced and twirled in the wind.

simile

alliteration

onomatopoeia

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fluffly flowers floated and flew in Florida.

simile

alliteration

onomatopoeia

imagery

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which part of the plot line represents the setting?

Rising action

Falling action

Exposition

Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Katy Perry:
"Baby, you're a firework;
Come on let your colors burst"

allusion, irony

metaphor, imagery

simile, imagery

personification, allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

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Writer's Craft

The following quotations features figurative language:
‘Ah, William, we’re weary of weather,
said the sunflowers, shining with dew.
Our traveling habits have tired us.
Can you give us a room with a view?”

The following sentence contains which literary device:
“Jimmy Smith was moving through the room like an enormous trained mole collecting the empty cans."

CRASH! Batman slammed the batmobile into the wall.

The leaves danced and twirled in the wind.

Fluffly flowers floated and flew in Florida.

Which part of the plot line represents the setting?

Katy Perry:
"Baby, you're a firework;
Come on let your colors burst"

Events that occur in a story that build up to the climax.

Language not intended to be interpreted in a literal sense; it consists of figures of speech

Which of the following is an internal conflict?

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The following quotations features figurative language:‘Ah, William, we’re weary of weather,said the sunflowers, shining with dew.Our traveling habits have tired us.Can you give us a room with a view?”

The following sentence contains which literary device:“Jimmy Smith was moving through the room like an enormous trained mole collecting the empty cans."

CRASH! Batman slammed the batmobile into the wall.

The leaves danced and twirled in the wind.

Fluffly flowers floated and flew in Florida.

Which part of the plot line represents the setting?

Katy Perry:"Baby, you're a firework; Come on let your colors burst"

Events that occur in a story that build up to the climax.

Language not intended to be interpreted in a literal sense; it consists of figures of speech

Which of the following is an internal conflict?

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The following quotations features figurative language:
‘Ah, William, we’re weary of weather,
said the sunflowers, shining with dew.
Our traveling habits have tired us.
Can you give us a room with a view?”

The following sentence contains which literary device:
“Jimmy Smith was moving through the room like an enormous trained mole collecting the empty cans."

Katy Perry:
"Baby, you're a firework;
Come on let your colors burst"