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Authors Craft Slide 2 Slide 3 Just as a woodworker uses many tools and techniques to craft a piece of furniture, a skilled author uses tools and techniques of language and storytelling to craft a piece of writing. Author's craft has two categories, Narrative Elements and Literary Devices. The term Narrative Elements describes aspects of storytelling. Plot, Theme, Point of View, Conflict. The term Literary Devices refers to specific tools of language that can appear in any genre of writing. Personification, Simile, Hyperbole, etc. Slide 4 A figure of speech (generally considered a type of metaphor) in which an inanimate object or abstraction is given human qualities or abilities. Slide 5 My computer hates me. The camera loves me. Art is a jealous mistress. Wind yells while blowing. Opportunity knocked on the door. The sun greeted me this morning. Snow had wrapped a white blanket over the city. Time never waits for anyone. Trees were dancing with the wind. The radio stopped singing and continued to stare at me. Slide 6 Slide 7 Slide 8 Slide 9 Slide 10