Analyze Author's Craft

What are the five categories of the author's craft?

• Key Ideas, Details, Explicit Information, Implicit Information, Making Inferences,

• voice, mood, anecdote, language, hyperbole

• Preview, Question, Predict, Infer, Connect

• Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Proofreading, Publishing

Select all that apply. Which of the following are specified as Word Craft techniques?

• Imagery

• Details

• Word Choice

• Vivid Verbs

It is the author’s writing that makes his or her writing unique

• voice

• mood

• language

• none of the above

Exaggerations that make things sound bigger, better, or more than what they truly are

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• none of the above

Noticing the way the author uses language to get his or her ideas across.

• Analyzing Author's Craft

• Making Connections

• Evaluating

• Monitoring and Clarifying

what is authors craft?

• -the type or class of a work, usually categorized by form, technique, or content

• -to combine elements and parts to form a coherent whole

• -intentional and deliberate use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, syntax, devices, and diction to create an effective written work; author’s craft may vary by genre

• -the atmosphere or feeling created by the writer in a literary work or passage; mood can be expressed through imagery, word choice, setting, voice, and theme. For example, the mood evoked in

_______________ is the language and techniques authors use to make their writing more interesting and to better communicate ideas to the reader.

• Anecdote

• Author's Craft

• Figurative Language

• Literal Language

What is author's craft?

• The use of figurative language.

• The language that a writer uses to make their writing interesting.

• Crafts that author's like to do.

• When the author writes how he is feeling in a story.

1. A definition of Author’s craft consists of the writer's

• Artistry and competence

• Experience and intelligence

• Skills and techniques

• Proficiency and expertise

What is NOT a part of author's craft?

• Voice

• Anecdote

• Glossary

• Hyperbole