Author's Craft Moves
When an author repeats a word or phrase multiple times
What is repetition ?
What is an internal conflict?
An internal conflict is a problem within a character.
What is the first step a strong writer takes when he/she receives a prompt?
Break it down by circling and defining key terms.
What is the term for when you cross out answers to multiple choice questions that you know are incorrect?
What is a simile?
When making an inference about a character's personality, how should the sentence be formatted?
Based on the quote, "....," I can infer...
What does an assertion contain?
Author's name, text title name, answer the question, or questions.
What is the first thing you should do when you receive an exam with multiple choice questions?
Read and annotate the questions
The 4 most common craft moves in nonfiction?
What are facts, statistics, expert opinions, and graphics?
A change in setting might cause an emotional or personality change within a character. Example - Moving from Sighet to Auschwitz impacts Elie by causing him to lost his faith in God.
With an assertion (answer) and context (summary of the text)
What should you do if you don't know the meaning of a word?
Use word parts and context clues to try and figure it out
When using the Notice, Connect, Interpret reading strategy, what should a strong reader do to connect to figurative language?
What is visualize/draw it out and list what you know about the images being used?
When writing a literary analysis essay, how should the body paragraphs be formatted?
Assertion, context, quote, commentary
What is process of elimination?
When you rule out the incorrect answers first
1. Charge the word or phrase as positive or negative
2. Look at the surrounding words
3. List what you know about the word/phrase being repeated
4. Determine what mood, or feeling, is created by the word/phrase
What does it mean when you see "how does the author?"
You must write about author's craft moves