author
part of speech
noun (an author, authors); verb (author, authors, authored, authoring — mostly formal)
meaning for a pupil
1) An author is a person who writes a book, story, poem or article. tree →
2) The author of a plan, idea or event is the person who started or created it. tree →
3) To author something is to write it (formal). tree →
sense in the lessons
In reading lessons pupils find the author's name on the cover, ask «What is the author's purpose?» (to entertain, inform or persuade) and «How does the author make us feel?» Famous children's authors include Roald Dahl, J.K. Rowling, Dr Seuss, Beverly Cleary and Mem Fox. Phrases: «the author of», «a famous author», «author's purpose», «author visit».
examples
- Roald Dahl is the author of «Matilda». tree →
- The author signed my copy of her book. tree →
- Who is the author of this poem? tree →
- What was the author's purpose in writing this? tree →
- An author came to our school to talk about writing. tree →
- You are the author of your own story. tree →
- The author uses short sentences to build suspense. tree →
- She wants to be an author when she grows up. tree →
- Jones, author of the Musical Relicks. tree →
note
Countable: an author. Used for men and women (the old form «authoress» is not used now). Adjective/noun: authority is a different word. The author writes; the illustrator draws the pictures.
In the corpora
- Bots can invent book titles and authors that sound real but do not exist.
- It was reported that AI-made books were sold online under real authors' names, harming authors and readers.
- Authors sometimes break the usual pattern to surprise the reader.
- Authors choose every word on purpose.
- An author's choice is a decision about words, sentences or layout, made on purpose.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «author» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.