Author's Word Choice

A writer's use of words

Can be general or specific

Can be positive or negative

• denotation

• connotation

• word choice

• style

The way a writer conveys ideas to a reader

• denotation

• connotation

• word choice

• style

The image or feeling connected to a word (i.e., positive, negative)

• denotation

• connotation

• word choice

• style

____________ words do not convey much detail or emotion.

• Weak/less descriptive

• Strong/more descriptive

Writers who are very concise in their writing have _____ diction.

• expansive

• economical

____________ words paint a more vivid/clear picture.

• Weak/less descriptive

• Strong/more descriptive

The little boy told the teacher that he shoved his classmate.

• Weak/less descriptive

• Strong/more descriptive

When an author uses figurative language in their writing this is an example of what author's style technique?

• Word Choice

• Mood

• Tone

• Sentence fluency

When an author really describes the scenery in a story, this is an example of what author's style technique?

• Sentence variation

• Sentence fluency

• Word Choice

• Tone

If an author keeps repeating a certain phrase, what style choice is he making?

• sentence variation

• mood

• tone

• word choice