Analyzing the Writer's Craft: Figurative Language & Literary Devices Question Stems

Analyzing and Understanding The Writer's Craft: Figurative Language & Literary Devices | Reading Comprehension Question Stems 

1. How would you analyze the author's use of figurative language
   
   to convey mood or tone in the story? 
2. The author uses a metaphor in the text to make a simple comparison, why didn't they describe the comparison using a literal or concrete description?
3. How would you compare and contrast the mood and tone in this literary text?
4. What does the idiom mean in this literary text? Why do you think the author used the idiom in the text?
5. How is the mood of the characters affected by the use of figurative language in a work of fiction? 
6. How would you determine the metaphoric meaning of an unknown figurative phrase in a story? 
7. When reading what are some clues for Identifying idioms, metaphor, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, and or allusion in fictional stories? 
8. Why is Interpreting idioms in context important for interpreting the semantic meaning of the idiom in the story? 
9. Interprets metaphor that makes a simple comparison to describe a concrete idea in literary text 
10. Explain why onomatopoeia is a common literary device for adding aural (sense of hearing) effects to a visual description of a setting. 
11. Explain why authors use idioms in poetry to add deeper meaning with fewer words. 
12. Why is understanding the meaning of common English idioms important to learning the wider cultural and historical perspectives of a literary text?
13. How does the author's choice of words effects the meaning of the text [...] use text evidence to draw your conclusions? 
14. What literary devices is the writer using in that passage? Please identify the alliteration, dialect, hyperbole, irony, onomatopoeia, paradox, symbolism, allusion, and or extended metaphor in this passage.
15. Why is personification, simile, irony, metaphorical irony, satire, or symbolism used in a literary text?
16. How and why is foreshadowing used in this passage? 
17. How and why are flashbacks used in this text?
18. Using text evidence, what conclusions can you draw about the narrator's attitude in this literary text?Using text evidence, what conclusions can you draw about the speaker's attitude in poetry?

[PDF]Poetic Devices - Chaparral Poets
Fortunately, the English language contains a wide range of words from ... poetic devices, which can assist the writer in developing cogent expressions .... Denotation: The dictionary definition of a word; itsliteral meaning apart from .... and lyric poetry, which are written by known authors, often in the style and form of the folk.

[PDF]Identifying Themes and Literary Analysis
literary tools the author embeds the theme or meaning into separate ... Some of the more common tools of the author's craft are: character development, setting, mood, plot, point of view, figurative language, allegory, symbolism, and irony.

[PDF]Author's Style and Craft To analyze a story for craft means paying ...
The following is a list of possible stylistic (craft) choices an author may make. ... say your analysis will cover a concept like theme (OR extended metaphor OR pacing OR the writer's use of ... Figurative Language: Is there figurative language?

[PDF]Basic Elements of Style – Diction, Syntax, Point of View, Tone, Theme
Does the passage use unusual images or patterns of imagery? Page 2. • Does the authorcreate analogies, like similes or metaphors?

[PPT]Analyzing Writer's Craft PPT - Kelly Philbeck
Analyzing Writer's Craft. Let's analyze for Literary Devices and Figurative Language. First, read over your cheat sheet! Take a moment to refresh your memory of ...

[PDF]Writing in the margins: Six points of literary analysis
This table provides six ways of looking closely at texts to do literary analysis; these are ways to consider how an author crafts a text. Your teacher may ... figurative language in a text, identify and mark examples of: • metaphor. • oxymoron.

[PDF]Deepening Understanding of Literary Craft and Structure
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[PDF]8th Grade English Language Arts Unit 3: Analyzing an Author's Craft ...
Analyzing an Author's Craft and Structure ... Figurative language. • Stance ...... Set the Purpose: Authors use figurative language (like metaphors) to add.

[PDF]Analyzing the Author's Craft/Style Definition of Craft/Style: How the ...
To analyze a piece, one must notice the ways that the author uses words: i.e. word choice, sentence structure, figurative language, sentence arrangement, mood, imagery, etc. When sentence structureft/style, look at a piece of writing from the overall structure of the text to the small details and word choices.

[PDF]Unit 8.3: Analyzing an Author's Craft and Structure - Center City PCS
Unit 3: Analyzing an Author's Craft and Structure. Anchor. Text(s). Collection of Short Stories. Pacing 3 weeks. Unit Overview. During this unit, students will read ...

[PDF]Unit 6.3: Analyzing an Author's Craft and Structure - Center City PCS
Unit 3: Analyzing an Author's Craft and Structure. Anchor. Text(s). Collection of Short Stories. Pacing 3 weeks. Unit Overview. During this unit, students will read ...

[PDF]Author's Style and Craft To analyze a story for craft means paying ...
The following is a list of possible stylistic (craft) choices an author may make. ... You may want to consider this structure as you write your analysis (from Diana ...

[PDF]Deepening Understanding of Literary Craft and Structure
Analyze how authors shape meaning, tone and style of text. (6.R). ▫ 6.RL.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including ...

[PDF]Unit #1 – The Making of a Good Story Unit #2 – Analyzing Craft and ...
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[PDF]Key Ideas and Details Craft and Structure
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[PDF]Chapter 7: Analyzing the Author's Purpose and Technique
he writer's overall purpose determines the techniques he or she uses. ... chapter ends with specific instructions on how to write an essay analyzing purpose and ...... You can comment on the type of evidence, on the sentence structure, on ...

[PDF]Reading to Analyze Text for Author's Craft
or probe the text for the craft and structural decisions that affect comprehension. Students analyze the choices that an author makes to convey meaning through ...

[PDF]8th LA Literature Author's Craft and Structure Rubric
8th LA Literature Author's Craft and Structure Rubric. AUTHOR'S CRAFT AND STRUCTURE: CC 7.LIT46 Interpret words and phrases in a text, analyze text ...