Author's Craft
GENRE:
What is genre? What is the genre of the novel "Out of the Dust"? How do you know? Give examples. Genre is a category of artistic composition. The genre of the story "Out Of The Dust" is Historical Fiction because it states different dates and times that were a long time ago and the Dust Bowl happened in the 1930s and lasted for almost a decade.
ANALYZING THE AUTHOR'S STYLE:
How is the novel organized? What is unusual about the style that the author used to write this novel? The novel is organized in poem form. The style is in stanzas, but it still tells the story clearly in poems.
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? A free verse is an open form of poetry. A lot of the poems are just regular lines but one is written in the shape of a piano because the poem is about playing a piano.
Does this format help you as a reader get into the story and understand the main character? Why or why not? How? Yes and no, sometimes the format doesn't make sense so it might confuse the reader. When the author made the poem a piano shape, it tells us that Billie Joe (main character) likes to play piano.
ANALYZING POINT OF VIEW:
What is the point of view of this novel? The point for this novel is first person because it is in Billie Joe's point of view.
How would the novel have been different if the father had narrated it? The novel would be about the father, describing how he does things differently than his family, what he does during the day.
What is genre? What is the genre of the novel "Out of the Dust"? How do you know? Give examples. Genre is a category of artistic composition. The genre of the story "Out Of The Dust" is Historical Fiction because it states different dates and times that were a long time ago and the Dust Bowl happened in the 1930s and lasted for almost a decade.
ANALYZING THE AUTHOR'S STYLE:
How is the novel organized? What is unusual about the style that the author used to write this novel? The novel is organized in poem form. The style is in stanzas, but it still tells the story clearly in poems.
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? A free verse is an open form of poetry. A lot of the poems are just regular lines but one is written in the shape of a piano because the poem is about playing a piano.
Does this format help you as a reader get into the story and understand the main character? Why or why not? How? Yes and no, sometimes the format doesn't make sense so it might confuse the reader. When the author made the poem a piano shape, it tells us that Billie Joe (main character) likes to play piano.
ANALYZING POINT OF VIEW:
What is the point of view of this novel? The point for this novel is first person because it is in Billie Joe's point of view.
How would the novel have been different if the father had narrated it? The novel would be about the father, describing how he does things differently than his family, what he does during the day.