Author's Use of Language

If the author using negative language, they are __________ about the topic.

• For

• Against

• Neutral

Author's ________ is anything done on purpose by a writer to make their writing look or sound a certain way.

Which techniques are part of author's craft?

• Figurative language and sentence length

• Imagery and Repetition

• Text structures and features

• All of the above

When an author gives animals, objects, ideas, or actions, the qualities of humans, he/she is using...

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Allusion

This is an example of

• SImile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

The use of descriptive language is to create powerful images in the reader’s mind. Often the author describes one of the five senses to help create the image. What sense is used in the sentence below:

"The Autumn leaves are a blanket of snow"

• Smell

• Visual

• Touch and feeling

• Sound

• Taste

Author's craft is the art of __________.

• Writing

• Reading

• Metaphor

• Listening

Abbie’s alligator ate apples and asparagus.

This is an example of

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

What is the tone of a passage?

• the author's attitude toward the subject

• the reader's feelings about the subject

• the way the words sound when you read them

• word choice, which is also known as diction

Which of the following is an example of figurative language?

• A) The sun smiled down on us.

• B) The sun is a star.

• C) The sun rises in the east.

• D) The sun is hot.