Authors Craft

characterization

• purposeful use of precise words and phrases in order to capture the action and convey experiences and events

• adjustment to timing of events an author makes to slow down or pick up the events or ideas

• author’s presentation of information about characters (personality, actions, appearance, speech, thoughts, etc)

• a situation or phrase that provokes laughter or creates amusement

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

pacing

• author’s decision to repeat an idea, action, behavior, event, word or phrase

• words or phrases that appeal to the senses and create mental images (sight, smell, taste, touch, sound)

• adjustment to timing of events an author makes to slow down or pick up the events or ideas

• conversation between two or more characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

flashback

• adjustment to timing of events an author makes to slow down or pick up the events or ideas

• the perspective from which the story is told

• a situation or phrase that provokes laughter or creates amusement

• a transition in a story to an earlier time in order to provide back-story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

word-choice

• purposeful use of precise words and phrases in order to capture the action and convey experiences and events

• the unique characteristics of the first person narrator’s use of language (ex: y’all)

• the perspective from which the story is told

• a situation or phrase that provokes laughter or creates amusement

point of view

• the perspective from which the story is told

• a situation or phrase that provokes laughter or creates amusement

• words/expressions with a meaning that differs from the literal interpretation, such as simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification, alliteration and symbolism

• a hint of a future event, which often creates suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Select the literary device/author's craft technique being shown below:

"For if dreams die

life is a broken wing bird

that cannot fly."

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Select the literary device/author's craft technique being shown below:

"If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?"

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

This Quizzizz is a graded review of author's craft techniques.

Questions will focus on refreshing our memories on material we've already learned.

If you understand, please type yes.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Select the literary device/author's craft technique being shown below:

"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get."

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Select the literary device/author's craft technique being shown below:

"For in the darkness of the Middle Ages, King Arthur was a shining light, guiding his people through."

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4