Author's Style

Tone is mainly about the feelings of the...

• Audience

• Author

• Characters

• No one

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Nonfiction, fiction, drama, poetry, science fiction, realistic fiction - these are all examples of what element of author's style?

• tone

• Mood

• Word Choice

• Genre

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

The definition of author's style is...

• a writer's unique way of communicating ideas using word choice, imagery, point of view, tone, and mood.

• a writer's attitude toward his or her subject such as serious, humorous, sarcastic, and respectful.

• giving human qualities to an animal, object, phenomenon, idea, or anything that is not specifically human.

• a form of language that is spoken in a particular region by people who live there.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The definition of author's style is...

• a distinctive way the author uses language.

• a writer's attitude toward his or her subject such as serious, humorous, sarcastic, and respectful.

• giving human qualities to an animal, object, phenomenon, idea, or anything that is not specifically human.

• a form of language that is spoken in a particular region by people who live there.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

Style

• An outside narrator is telling the story.

• When the plot of the story shifts back in time to reveal important details about characters or events.

• The unique way an author writes: the types of words, sentences, and figurative language he/she uses.

• Where the story takes place.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What is style in literature?

• the way clothing is worn in movies

• the way something is written—not what is said but how it's said

• the way you ask questions in a story

• the way people interact during the plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

If an author writes with a few short sentences and then a long one and then a short one again, what style is he using?

• Sentence fluency

• Sentence variation

• Mood

• Word Choice

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

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

• sentence variation

• mood

• tone

• word choice

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9