Author Study-C.

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Lewis
Jessica Quintana

Biographical Info

Clive Staples Lewis

Born November 1898

Belfast, Ireland

Taught at Oxford University

Served in the British army in WWI

Died: November 1963 in Headington,

Oxford

Christian Apologetics- basically

writes about Christian faith

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74 books were written by C.S Lewis

Genre? Fantasy

Audience? Children, 4th-7th grade

Ratings? Majority of the ones that I read

were marked 4.5/5..

The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe sold 100

million copies

Analysis of the Author

Most famous for Chronicles of Narnia

Fantasy book- has to do with talking animals and magic

Style?

Always used language to make things clear

Used plain direct words
Never used abstract nouns
Never used words to big for the subject
Dont say infinitely when you mean very; otherwise
youll have no word left when you want to talk about
somethingreallyinfinite.

Digital Resources

The Chronicles of Narnia have been made into a films

Video games have been made based on the book series

Narnia Connections
Narnia Numbers

Works Cited

Bio.com. A&E Networks Television. Web. 28 Apr. 2015.

"About C.S Lewis."C.S.Lewis ::. Web. 28 Apr. 2015

"C. S. Lewis."C. S. Lewis. Web. 28 Apr. 2015.

"C.S. Lewis's Writing Style and Advice."Justin Taylor CS Lewiss Writing

Style and Advice Comments. 6 Sept. 2011. Web. 28 Apr. 2015.