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Strategy

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Textual Evidence

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Strategies Authors Use:

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Details of the setting (The author reveals when and where the story takes place.)
Dialogue (The author uses conversation between characters. The characters words
are found in quotation marks.)
Start with a problem (The author introduces the conflict early in the story.)
Descriptive details (The author uses vivid adjectives and adverbs to help you
visualize the details.)
Inner thinking (The author reveals what the characters are thinking without the
use of words.)
Varying sentence length (The author uses a variety of simple, compound, and
complex sentences.)
Makes a personal connection (The author states something that you can relate to in
your own personal life.)
Figurative language (The author uses alliteration, imagery, simile, metaphor, and
symbolism.)
Connecting scenes to the title (The author creates scenes that make you think back
to the title of the book or chapters in some cases.)

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Revealing life lessons (The author gives enough information through the other
strategies to help you decide what life lesson he/she wants you to receive.)
Connecting ending to the beginning (The author helps the reader see the end of the
story relates to the beginning of the story.)
Symbolic setting (The author uses a place and/or time to symbolize a particular
idea, expression, or theme.)