Understanding Author's Craft

What does "author's craft" refer to?

• Techniques writers use to make their writing engaging and effective

• The tools authors use to publish their books

• The genre of books an author writes

• The number of books an author has written

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

How does an author's craft help readers?

• By making the text longer

• By making descriptions detailed and emotions intense

• By simplifying the language

• By reducing the number of characters

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is one essential part of an author's craft?

• Using complex vocabulary

• Sensory language

• Writing in first person

• Including a glossary

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What does sensory language appeal to?

• Emotions

• Five senses

• Thoughts

• Actions

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

How does sensory language help readers?

• By confusing them

• By making the text longer

• By helping them experience the text as if they were there

• By simplifying the text

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following is a literary device used to create sensory language?

• Alliteration

• Imagery

• Irony

• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What literary device involves comparing two things using "like" or "as"?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Which literary device gives human characteristics to non-human things?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which literary device involves exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is imagery?

• Use of vivid and descriptive language that appeals to the senses.

• A type of music that is calming.

• A mathematical formula for calculating area.

• A historical event from the 1800s.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4