Help students analyze an author’s craft with this interactive, visually engaging 41-slide PowerPoint or Google Slides Lesson! Designed to break down complex literary techniques into student-friendly, digestible concepts, this resource provides guided instruction and hands-on practice using real book excerpts.

What’s Included?

✅ Introduction to Author’s Craft – Clear explanations to build foundational understanding.

✅ Six Key Literary Techniques:

• Imagery – Exploring vivid descriptive language
• Figurative Language – Identifying similes, metaphors, and more
• Voice – Understanding an author’s unique style
• Analogy – Recognizing comparisons to deepen meaning
• Sentence Fluency – Examining rhythm and structure
• Interesting Use of Language – Noticing intentional stylistic choices

✅ 21 Book Excerpts – Real-world examples for meaningful analysis.

✅ Guided Practice Slides– Students apply their learning with TEN excerpts.

✅ Companion Handout where students can record their answers.

Why This PowerPoint/Google Slides Presentation?

✔ Engaging visuals make complex literary techniques easy to understand.
✔ Step-by-step guidance helps students develop strong analytical skills.
✔ Ready-to-use lesson saves teachers time—no need to create from scratch!
✔ Perfect for literary analysis, close reading, and writing instruction.

Whether you're introducing author’s craft for the first time or reinforcing critical reading skills, this PowerPoint/Google Slides Presentation is classroom-tested and ready to go!

CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW!!

Here's what teachers like you have to say about this author's craft lesson:

⭐️ Amy Y. said, "Finding quality author's craft materials is challenging, but this is very thorough and has a nice variety of activities and review content. The overall design is nice and very organized. I see this being a staple for years to come!"

⭐️ Mrs. Wevers said, "This was a great product to teach author's craft. I love that the students have to fill in the notes page as I go through the PowerPoint. It helps them pay attention!"

⭐️ Patty A. said, "My students were struggling with this standard. This PowerPoint helped them better understand it."

⭐️ Priscilla H. said, "My students loved the activities. I loved using the PowerPoint to guide my instruction."

Feel free to check out my other Author's Craft resources:

Author's Craft Foldable Activity: Bride to Terabithia

Author's Craft Foldable Activity: Blank Pages that can be used with ANY BOOK!

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