Chapters 5-9  

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Reading 2: The Author’s Craft (word choice)

Discussion questions:

• Why does One Eye bother to care for his cubs?

• Why is White Fang so obsessed with the wall of light? What does it represent?

• How would you describe White Fang’s personality at this point in the novel?

• Why does Kiche submit to the rule of humans?

• What makes White Fang conclude that the humans are gods?

Key element: word choice

Key terms for word choice:

• Figurative language (metaphors, similes, idioms, understatement, etc.)

• Connotations (the feelings and associations of words)

• Mood

• Tone (the attitude of the speaker toward a subject)

• Imagery / sensory language (our five senses)

• Sense of time and place (dialect, terminology, and references)

• Allusion

• Sound devices (alliteration, parallel construction, repetition, etc.)

 

 

Lesson closing:

What is the overall mood created by the word choice in White Fang? Use examples from the text in your answer.

Demonstrate your mastery of imagery. Describe a person, place, or object in detail by focusing on creating powerful imagery / sensory language. What feelings do your words create?