As your students complete fourth quarter, emphasize the independent ability to analyze and respond to texts with increasing text complexity in terms of vocabulary, concept load, structure, and author’s techniques. and Structure Author’s Craft Ask students to identify/give examples of each of and these author’s “tools” explain how they help readers comprehend texts. and CCSSR6 (purpose) CCSSR5 (writer’s choices) Students should be able to interpret the of these techniques to writer’s use communicate the theme of a story or central idea of nonfiction. Story Writers Poets Nonfiction Writers Biographers action alliteration anecdote A biographer colloquialism figurative language argument may use many descriptive details hyperbole boldface of the nonfiction dialogue imagery captions writer’s techniques as figurative language irony compare flashback metaphor contrast well as hyperbole meter data techniques of idiom mood debate the story writer. imagery narrator description Usually, these irony onomatopoeia details techniques are metaphor point of view dialogue part of a biography. mood repetition examples narrator rhyme graph challenges commentary onomatopoeia rhythm headings conflict point of view satire humor conflict sensory detail sensory detail illustrations resolution simile simile narrative context details suspense symbolism point of view dialogue symbolism tone quotations mood narration visual detail sequence quotations tone voice text structure: perspectives visual detail cause-effect tone compare/contrast voice description problem-solution sequence table timeline titles and subtitles tone transition voice
As your students complete fourth quarter, emphasize the independent ability to analyze and respond to texts with increasing text complexity in terms of vocabulary, concept load, structure, and author’s techniques. Author’s Craft and Structure Ask students to identify/give examples of each of these author’s “tools” and explain how they help readers comprehend texts. CCSSR5 (writer’s choices) and CCSSR6 (purpose) Students should be able to interpret the writer’s use of these techniques to communicate the theme of a story or central idea of nonfiction. Story Writers Poets Nonfiction Writers Biographers action colloquialism descriptive details dialogue figurative language flashback hyperbole idiom imagery irony metaphor mood narrator onomatopoeia point of view sensory detail simile suspense symbolism narration tone visual detail voice alliteration figurative language hyperbole imagery irony metaphor meter mood narrator onomatopoeia point of view repetition rhyme rhythm satire sensory detail simile symbolism tone visual detail voice anecdote argument boldface captions compare contrast data debate description details dialogue examples graph headings humor illustrations narrative point of view quotations sequence text structure: cause-effect compare/contrast description problem-solution sequence table timeline titles and subtitles tone transition voice A biographer may use many of the nonfiction writer’s techniques as well as techniques of the story writer. Usually, these techniques are part of a biography. challenges commentary conflict conflict resolution context details dialogue mood quotations perspectives tone