What Do Illustrators Do?
Why does the author use cartoons and speech balloons on the first page of the story?
The author wants this story to be entertaining. She also wants to show us how an illustrator thinks.
Which graphic feature helps you understand the kinds of decisions an illustrator has to make about a book's shape?
The graphic feature of the speech bubble and animal illustrations help you understand the kinds of decisions to make about the book's shape.
An article about a particular type of food is meant to ______ the reader.
persuade
What does illustrate mean?
To make pictures that show something
What is the past tense version of this verb?
They ___________(water) their garden.
They watered their garden.
What is the first step in illustrating a book?
The first step is choosing which scences to illustrate.
How is the tone of the text different from the tone of the pet speech bubbles?
The tone of the text is serious and more difficult to understand. The speech bubbles are jokes and stories.
A story about dragons is written to _______ a reader.
Entertain
Things people use to help them do a job
Tools
What tense is this sentence?
They walk to school.
present
Why can it take months for an illustrator to finish the pictures of just one book?
They could make mistakes and start over. They might not like the colors they used or the author might not like the illustrations.
Name 2 graphic features.
A picture and a map are graphic features.
A book on how to make an airplane is written to _______ the reader.
Inform
Tracing
What tense is this sentence?
I compose poems for my friends.
present
What is the author's purpose in writing this story?
The author's purpose of writing this story was inform and teach us about illustrators.
Which on is NOT a text feature?
Subtitle
Caption
Picture
A picture is not a Text Feature.
What are the 3 types of Author's Purpose?
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
Sketches
quick drawings without much detail
What tense is this sentence?
We washed dad’s car.
Past
What is the last thing an illustrator does before sending the pictures to the publisher?
They check to make sure nothing is left out.
What is more important text features or pictures?
BOTH! TRICK QUESTION!
What is Tone?
Tone is the narrator’s attitude toward his or her subject.
scribbles
How can you make this sentence future tense?
Jackie finished her homework.
Jackie will finish her homework.