Authors Craft
GENRE:
What is genre? What is the genre of the novel "Out of the Dust"? How do you know? Give examples.
According to Bing Dictionary , Genre is categories of works of art or novels. The genre for "Out of the Dust" is historical fiction because it includes real places and people in time, but as well has fictional parts and characters.
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 a section of poems. The novel as well goes by in seasons, not in chapters. She as well creates the poems to form a shape, like a piano.
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?
Free verse is poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter. The author's craft structure affects the format of the book by changing how it looks like so we could get a clearer picture of what is going on. In "Out of the Dust", it seems she has a journal'poem type of structure.
Does this format help you as a reader get into the story and understand the main character? Why or why not? How?
It does not really help at all. You could get confused on whats happening, and since it consists of a poem style, it could e quite difficult to understand.
ANALYZING POINT OF VIEW:
What is the point of view of this novel?
Billie Jo's point of view.
How would the novel have been different if the father had narrated it?
It would have been more about his crops and farming rather than Billie Jo's piano and such.
What is genre? What is the genre of the novel "Out of the Dust"? How do you know? Give examples.
According to Bing Dictionary , Genre is categories of works of art or novels. The genre for "Out of the Dust" is historical fiction because it includes real places and people in time, but as well has fictional parts and characters.
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 a section of poems. The novel as well goes by in seasons, not in chapters. She as well creates the poems to form a shape, like a piano.
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?
Free verse is poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter. The author's craft structure affects the format of the book by changing how it looks like so we could get a clearer picture of what is going on. In "Out of the Dust", it seems she has a journal'poem type of structure.
Does this format help you as a reader get into the story and understand the main character? Why or why not? How?
It does not really help at all. You could get confused on whats happening, and since it consists of a poem style, it could e quite difficult to understand.
ANALYZING POINT OF VIEW:
What is the point of view of this novel?
Billie Jo's point of view.
How would the novel have been different if the father had narrated it?
It would have been more about his crops and farming rather than Billie Jo's piano and such.