Mrs. Cain Author's Craft/Terms to Know 1

the ways an author purposely creates a story by adding different techniques to shape meaning, create effects, and engage the audience 

• author's craft

• suspense

• foreshadowing

• headline

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

major idea or underlying message in a text

• tone

• theme

• characterization

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the ways an author develops characters in a story

• characterization

• conflict

• description

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

directly stating a character trait

• caption

• theme

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

the author doesn't directly tell you the character trait, but wants the reader to infer

• author's purpose

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

• cause and effect

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

the reason for writing something

• tone

• word choice

• text structure

• author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

what characters say in a story

• dialogue

• description

• irony

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

uncertainty of what will happen in a text

• mood

• suspense

• problem and solution

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the author’s purposeful choosing of words in a text for different effects

• independence

• author's purpose

• word choice

• compare and contrast

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

the author or speaker’s feelings toward a subject or character

• mood

• description

• irony

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4