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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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