Writers Craft

Purposeful use of the same word or phrase multiple times in a piece of writing.

• alliteration

• flashback

• repetition

• questioning

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Specific language used to convey meaning, tone, or actions related to the author's purpose.

• word choice

• symbols

• references

• citations

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

The use of intentional exaggeration for emphasis or effect.

• humor

• hyperbole

• sarcasm

• inference

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A person, situation, object, or word is used to represent something more abstract.

• theme

• analogy

• symbolism

• allegory

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Contradiction between expectation and reality... may be dramatic, situational, or verbal.

• symbolism

• satire

• hyperbole

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A feeling of anticipation that something risky or dangerous is about to happen in a story.

• tension

• suspense

• questioning

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A reference to a famous event/person/thing in a different work of literature

• alliteration

• allusion

• hyperbole

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A descriptive technique that compares two things saying they are similar, using 'like' or 'as'.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Extreme exaggeration for a purpose.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Personification is...

• Giving something that's not human human features

• Describing a human

• Describing something like an animal

• Taking a person's features to describe another person

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A