Author

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Authors Craft
How authors create
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What is Authors Craft?
Authors craft is how the author uses literary
devices and narrative elements to tell a story,
persuade, or inform an audience.
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How do authors do this?
1. They choose how to organize and structure
their text.
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How do authors do this?
2. They use narrative elements (plot, character,
setting) effectively.
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How do authors do this?
3.They use literary elements like pacing and
flashbacks to create mystery, tension, or
surprise.
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How do authors do this?
4. They send a message (theme) with their writing.
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How do authors do this?
5. They carefully choose their words and sentence
structure.
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Allusion
A reference to a historical event, religious
symbol or event, or literary work or character
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Flashback
The interruption of present-tense action to
reveal a scene that took place at an earlier
time
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Repetition
Emphasis by reiterating or repeating an event or
multiple uses of a word or phrase
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Foreshadowing
Hints that suggest future events in the story
Example a weapon found in a drawer early in a
story might foreshadow a future crime in the story