Author’s Claim Graphic Organizer
Frances Santos
Overview
- This graphic organizer is adapted from “Guided Annotations [Resource]” by Frances Santos.
- With this graphic organizer, students gain practice identifying devices relevant to literary texts and reasoning through how these devices support the author’s purpose.
Graphic Organizer
DIRECTIONS
First, identify the author’s claim:
Then, complete the table below.
| Identify or define these devices. | Find examples of this type of device. | How does this device support the author’s claim? |
| Allusion
|
List examples here | Write your thoughts here |
| Imagery
|
List examples here | Write your thoughts here |
| Diction:
|
List examples here | Write your thoughts here |
Click here to download a Word Doc version of the Author’s Claim graphic organizer:
Author’s Claim graphic organizer
Attribution:
Santos, Frances. “Author’s Claim Graphic Organizer.” Strategies, Skills and Models for Student Success in Writing and Reading Comprehension. College Station: Texas A&M University, 2024. This work is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
