Author's Craft Technique
A conversation between two or more people. As told by quotation marks.
What is DIALOGUE?
This is the craft move when the author leads readers to forecast, or make a guess, generally based on facts or evidence.
What is GET READERS PREDICTING?
Comparing two things using the words "LIKE" or "AS".
What is SIMILE?
A one word concept that starts the idea of a theme.
What is MOTIF?
I stood there, watching, leaning against a mossy boulder.
“THE CROSSING”
That was what the ancient Anasazi name for this gorge meant. Is there something on the other side of the cliff walls? Has there been anyone who dared to peek through, crossing over the churning, crashing death trap of the waterfalls?
The author uses the technique of ------ to achieve the goal of reveal character traits.
What is INNER THINKING?
The thoughts and feelings of the main character in the story.
What is INNER THINKING?
This is the craft move that is shown through thoughts, feelings, actions, speech, reactions and ideas
What is REVEAL CHARACTER TRAITS?
Words that can imitate sounds.
What is ONOMATOPOEIA?
What happened to me wasn’t that bad. But I still remember one of the times I got lost in a book, back when I was a teenager. I was, along with lots of other guys, reading every James Bond spy novel I could get my hands on. (We’re talking 1960’s, if you must know.) One day I was home alone, enjoying my favorite food—a heaping plate of leftover spaghetti and meatballs. And I was reading. No, I wasn’t just reading. I was gripped, absorbed, like, not even in the building anymore—totally checked out—lost in a cool James Bond book.
The author uses the technique of -------- to achieve the goal of Provide Background Information.What is FIRST PERSON NARRATIVE POINT OF VIEW?
The zoom-in moments of the characters that shows the motivations. It is described through dialogue, inner thinking of the character.
What is REVEALING ACTION?
This is the craft move that shows how the author helps readers to understand and share the feelings/emotions of the characters.
What is STIR EMPATHY?
Repeated beginning sounds of a word or within word phrases.
What is ALLITERATION?
True or False - Selfish is a motif that used in the story, "Superpatriot", while the sophisticated theme of the story is "It is important to not be selfish when you being considerate of others."
What is TRUE?
That's when a zookeeper, on the other point of hysteria, suddenly appeared at the top of the wall. He screamed so loud that he startled me out of my photographic reverie. “What the heck are you doing down there! Are you crazy!? Get back up here you idiot, and I mean now.”
I looked up at him and replied innocently, “Why? The lions can't come down here. I'm safe. I'm OK.”
The zookeeper's screams grew even louder, “No you're not. They can't climb up the side, but they can get down to where you are... And they haven't been fed yet!”
Using the technique of dialogue, the author aims to set up the problem. Why is this true?
The perspective of the main character, using the pronouns "I", "Me", "Us", "We", "Our", etc.
This is the craft move that shows a problem or struggle between two opposing forces in a story.
There are four basic conflicts: person vs. person, self, society, nature or fate.
What is SET UP THE PROBLEM?
An exaggerated expression, made for emphasis or to make a point.
What is HYPERBOLE?
True or False - In "A Day at the Zoo", the motif of the story would be careless, and the sophisticated theme of the story is "Being careless is a way of life."
What is FALSE?
A few weeks later I received a letter from the hospital. They thanked me lavishly. Told me how much the boys enjoyed the gift. The last line read, “America is great because of unselfish patriots like you.”
As soon as I read that line, I knew-- as sure as I knew anything--that my motives had not been pure. I wanted to read those comic books myself. I had been selfish. I was not going to be a superhero.
The author uses the technique of revealing action to achieve the goal of supporting the theme. Why is this true?
What is THE REVEALING ACTION SHOWS THAT THE MAIN CHARACTER WAS MOTIVATED BY THE GREED OF COLLECTING COMIC BOOKS FOR HIMSELF, AND NOT SHARING. THIS HELPS THE READERS UNDERSTAND THE THEME OF THE STORY BEING THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOT ALWAYS THINK ABOUT YOURSELF, THAT YOU SHOULD THINK OF OTHERS TOO.
The sensory language of the narrative where readers can visualize the story through the five senses. It may also be described for emphasis of the plot, such as repetition.
What is DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE AND WORD CHOICES?
Using the techniques of dialogue, inner thinking, or revealing actions, the author aims to achieve the goal of teaching a lesson or giving advice to the readers.
What is SUPPORTING THE THEME?
Comparing two things, but does NOT uses "like" or "as".
What is METAPHOR?
What is the difference between the "main idea" of a story and the "theme" of a story?
What is MAIN IDEA OF THE STORY IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT, and the THEME OF THE STORY IS THE LIFE LESSON THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO THE READER'S LIFE?
What is the technique and goal in this passage?
"Superman. Batman, Robin. Wonder Woman. The Flash. Hawkman. Plastic Man. The Green Lantern. Captain America. Captain Marvel Junior. Mary Marvel. Uncle Marvel. Best of all, Captain Marvel. To name only the important ones.
They may have been comic book characters to some people, but they were my role models. Hardly a coincidence that all these superheroes went through life pretending (like me) to be normal. With a quick change of costumes (better than underwear) or, in the case of Billy Batson, at the utterance of a magic word--Shazam--they turned into superheroes. They didn’t just right the wrongs in the world; they always thought of other people. Not one selfish or self-serving bone in their muscular bodies. No wonder that having worked hard to defeat our enemies during World War II, they were great patriots."
"The author uses the technique of ----- to achieve the goal of ---"
What is "THE AUTHOR USES THE TECHNIQUE OF INNER THINKING TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF SUPPORTING THE THEME"?