Authors craft
GENRE:
1. What is genre? What is the genre of the novel "Out of the Dust"? How do you know? Give examples.
1. Genre is a style or category of something. The genre of "Out of the Dust" is historical fiction because its not a true story but when you read it it makes you realize how awful it was back then even though the people aren't real. It shows the hardship a farmer would have faced during the times.
ANALYZING THE AUTHOR'S STYLE:
2.How is the novel organized? What is unusual about the style that the author used to write this novel?
2. The novel is like a journal and is organized by stanzas, what is unusual about the style is some of the stanzas are shaped to represent something for example one of the stanzas is shaped as a piano because B.J. was talking about how much she loved piano
3. What is free verse? How does author's craft and structure play a role in the format of the book, how it is read and understood?
3. Free verse is a open form of poetry, authors craft and structure catches the readers attention, and it is read with
4. Does this format help you as a reader get into the story and understand the main character? Why or why not? How?
4. Yes the format helps get into the story and understand the main character because the story is being written from the perspective of someone who is writing out her problems out in her journal and how she copes with them and stays strong.
ANALYZING POINT OF VIEW:
5. What is the point of view of this novel?
5. The point of view for this story is first person.
6. How would the novel have been different if the father had narrated it?
6. The novel would have been different if the father narrated it because he would have written more about the animals and farm instead of piano. He might have blamed B.J. like she blamed him at first. He would have written of how he was worried she was gone
GENRE:
1. What is genre? What is the genre of the novel "Out of the Dust"? How do you know? Give examples.
1. Genre is a style or category of something. The genre of "Out of the Dust" is historical fiction because its not a true story but when you read it it makes you realize how awful it was back then even though the people aren't real. It shows the hardship a farmer would have faced during the times.
ANALYZING THE AUTHOR'S STYLE:
2.How is the novel organized? What is unusual about the style that the author used to write this novel?
2. The novel is like a journal and is organized by stanzas, what is unusual about the style is some of the stanzas are shaped to represent something for example one of the stanzas is shaped as a piano because B.J. was talking about how much she loved piano
3. What is free verse? How does author's craft and structure play a role in the format of the book, how it is read and understood?
3. Free verse is a open form of poetry, authors craft and structure catches the readers attention, and it is read with
4. Does this format help you as a reader get into the story and understand the main character? Why or why not? How?
4. Yes the format helps get into the story and understand the main character because the story is being written from the perspective of someone who is writing out her problems out in her journal and how she copes with them and stays strong.
ANALYZING POINT OF VIEW:
5. What is the point of view of this novel?
5. The point of view for this story is first person.
6. How would the novel have been different if the father had narrated it?
6. The novel would have been different if the father narrated it because he would have written more about the animals and farm instead of piano. He might have blamed B.J. like she blamed him at first. He would have written of how he was worried she was gone