Students are expected to think critically about a text in order to learn more about the author’s purpose. Through careful questioning and examination of the techniques employed by an author, such as imagery or structure, students will be able to draw conclusions about the reasons behind the author’s approach.

Students not only examine and understand a variety of elements of author’s craft, such as figurative language, voice, and use of language, but they also learn to think about and apply these techniques in their own writing to achieve specific purposes. For example, students may analyze how onomatopoeia helps convey sensory images and then use onomatopoeia intentionally in their own original writing.

The intentional and deliberate use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, sentence structures, devices, and language to create an effective written work Author’s craft may vary by genre.

The process of arriving at a judgment of the worth of a text by examining the extent to which its content, form, and style achieve the author’s desired purpose