Author's Style & Writing Devices
How an author writes and the choices made to communicate their ideas.
What is Author's Style?
It scares me to death.
What is hyperbole?
Author's Last Name
What goes inside a parenthetical citation?
A specific, debatable claim that answers the research question
What is a thesis?
Khaled Hosseini
Who is the author of the Kite Runner?
The deliberate choice of words an author uses.
What is Diction?
Hit the hay.
The very last page of the research document.
What is where the works cited page goes?
Choose a topic, Create research questions, Collect formal research, Create final product
What is the Research Process?
Curious
Shades
LOTF
TKAM
What are the "nicknames" for the Literature Circle books?
A writing strategy using sentence length to impact the pacing of the story.
What is syntax?
Maycomb was "a tired old town"
What is personification?
to steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own
to use another's product without crediting the source
to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.
What are types of plagiarism?
1. is not too broad or too narrow
2. has social relevance
3. is researchable
What are elements of a good research question?
A ice cream/fast-food/grocery store special to Oklahoma
What is Braums?
1. Dialogue between characters
2. The character's action
3. Inner thoughts
4. The effect on others
What are examples of indirect characterization?
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Comparing two things using is/are.
Times New Roman, 12pt, Double spaced, 1 inch margins.
What is MLA format?
Is deeper than a "yes" or "no" answer.
What is meant by "researchable?"
The people on the magazines in Ms. Whitley's classroom
Who are Martin Luther King Jr. and Queen Elizabeth II?
I could hear the popping and crackling as mom dropped the bacon into the frying pan, and soon the salty, greasy smell wafted toward me.
What is an example of imagery?
Effective comparisons can help the readers understand the personality of characters, the richness of a setting, and the significance of conflicts.
What is the reason author's use figurative language?
The citation for the source
A summary of the source
An assessment of the credibility of the source
What is included in an Annotated Bibliography?
Hispanic children from Spanish-speaking homes face the additional challenge of learning the language of the classroom, “making them especially vulnerable to poor academic outcomes” (Lesaux).
What is an example of an embedded quote?
Ms. Whitley's dog and cat
Who are Maple and Oscar?