Mining the Potential of Informational Text: Craft
TEXT STRUCTUREGenre / Organization / Point of View / Tone/Mood / Text Features
· On-line article
· Essay
· Article (Internet, magazine)
· Newspaper (News, Feature, Editorial/Op Ed)
· Scholarly Articles(Science)
· Pamphlet
· Journal/Diary/Letter
· Memoir/Autobiography/
Biography
· Advertisement
· Eulogy
· Speech / · Thesis with proof
· Comparison/Contrast
· Cause/Effect
· Description/enumeration
· Chronological
· Categorical
· Evaluative
· Sequential
· Causal
· Question and Answer
· Problem/Solution
· Other / · Date of publication
· Source(s)
· Expert/novice
· True/misleading
· Reliable Narrator
· Un-reliable Narrator / · Persuasive
· Argumentative
· Propagandistic
· Matter-of-fact/ straightforward
· Humorous
· Disdainful
· Informal/conversational
· Formal/academic
· Scholarly
· Pessimistic/Optimistic
· Biased
· Instructive/didactic / · Title (Question/statement)
· TOC/index
· Illustrations/pictures
· Heads/subheads
· Margin notes
· Font size
· Color
· White space
· Boldface
· Italics
· Parenthesis
· Forward, Dedication
· Footnotes
· Charts
· Illustrations
· Diagrams
· Appendix
·
AUTHOR’S CRAFT
Imagery/Figures of Speech / Writing Techniques
· Simile
· Metaphor (extended)
· Personification
· Alliteration
· Onomatopoeia
· Allusion
· Satire/Parody
· Exaggeration/Hyperbole
· Irony/Sarcasm
· Repetition/Omission
· Symbolism
· Oxymoron
· Over-/Understatement
· Motif
· Intertextuality
· Language: precise, scholarly, scientific, literary / · Catch lead (question)
· Show-not-tell
· Use of statistics
· Professional/scientific vocabulary/domain-specific/nomenclature (i.e. Latin and Greek) also foreign words
· Technical vocabulary
· Quoting experts, citing books, articles, journals
· Precise/detailed examples in proof
· Examples chosen for audience appeal/interest
· Explanation, description, definition, step-by-step how-to
· Varying sentence length and sentence structure
· Word Choice
· Punctuation for effect (ellipses, parenthesis, exclamation points, boldface, italics)
Weber, Schofield, Nelson: Publication Fall 2011, Maupin House.
Mining the Potential of the Narrative Text: Craft
Genre (specific) / Organization / Tone/Mood / Point of View / Notes· Short story
· Novel
· Realistic fiction (Adventure, Mystery)
· Science fiction
· Historical fiction
· Fantasy/Fairy Tales
· Myth
· Legends
· Tall tale
· Epic
· Fable
· Parable/Proverb
· Pour quoi Tale
· Journal/Diary
· Essay
· Allegory
· Drama / · Comparison/Contrast
· Cause/Effect
· Description/Enumeration
· Chronological
· Story-within-story
· Time shifts
-foreshadowing
-flashback
-time travel
· Story Elements
-characters
-setting
-conflict (m v m, m v n,
m v society, m v self)
-rising/falling action
-climax
-resolution / · Satiric
· Humorous
· Mournful
· Frivolous
· Mysterious
· Dark
· Romantic
· Pessimistic/Optimistic
· Childlike/Childish
· Biased
· / · First Person
· Third Person
· Omniscient
· Limited Omniscient / ·
Text Features / Imagery/Figures of Speech / Writing Techniques
· Title
· Chapters (TOC)
· Illustrations
· Font size
· Color
· White space
Poetry
· Meter/Rhyme (scheme)
· Couplets
· Form – Sonnet, Epic, Ballad, Descriptive
Drama
· Acts, Scenes, dialogue, stage directions
· / · Simile/Metaphor (extended)
· Personification
· Alliteration/Onomatopoeia
· Allusion
· Satire/Parody
· Exaggeration/Hyperbole
· Irony/Sarcasm
· Repetition/Omission
· Symbolism
· Oxymoron
· Over-/Understatement
· Vivid description
· Language: precise, poetic, literary, period
· Cadence / · Dialogue for character/plot development (also soliloquy, aside, internal dialogue)
· Show-not-tell: Snapshots, Thought-shots, Explode a Moment
· Strong lead (question, humor)
· Varying sentence length and structure
· Suspense building
· Motif
· Word Choice
· Minute detail vs. “glowing generalities”
· Punctuation for effect(ellipses, parenthesis, exclamation points, boldface, italics)
· White space
Weber, Schofield, Nelson: Publication Fall 2011, Maupin House.