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Author's Craft and Style Flashcards

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  1. In a TDA response, analyzing an author's word choice (diction) primarily helps the reader understand what?

    Answer: The author's purpose and tone

    Analyzing diction reveals the author's deliberate language choices that convey tone, mood, and purpose.

  2. Which literary device involves giving human qualities to non-human objects or ideas?

    Answer: Personification

    Personification attributes human characteristics to non-human things, creating a vivid and relatable image.

  3. When a TDA prompt asks you to analyze 'author's craft,' what should you focus on?

    Answer: Specific techniques the author uses to convey meaning

    Author's craft refers to intentional writing techniques—such as figurative language, structure, and syntax—that shape meaning.

  4. What is the effect of using short, choppy sentences in a passage?

    Answer: Creates urgency, tension, or abruptness

    Short, fragmented sentences can create a sense of urgency, panic, or sharp emphasis in a text.

  5. An author uses a metaphor comparing life to a roller coaster. In a TDA response, how should you analyze this?

    Answer: Explain what the comparison suggests about life's highs and lows and how it supports the author's message

    Effective TDA analysis names the device, explains the comparison, and connects it to the author's larger argument or theme.

  6. Which of the following best describes 'tone' in a written text?

    Answer: The author's attitude toward the subject or audience

    Tone reflects the author's attitude—such as sarcastic, somber, or optimistic—conveyed through word choice and style.

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