RL.9-10.5 RI.9-10.5

Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to STRUCTURE A TEXT, ORDER EVENTS WITHIN IT, and MANIPULATE TIME create such effects as mystery, tension, and surprise.

RL.9-10.5 (Literature)

Authors STRUCTURE stories in ways that will keep readers interested, organizing events in the plot to keep readers wondering what will happen next.

parallel plots flashbacks pacing

PARALLEL PLOTS

• two different but related story lines--generally equaly in importance

• encourages readers to consider the possibly mysterious connections between them

• the two plots can reflect similar or related themes.

FLASHBACK

• events that occurred before the earliest event in the story

• interrupts the plot to reveal what happened in the past

PACING

• the speed at which events occur in a story

Multiple Choice

"two equally important story lines between which the writer alternates" is ...

• flashback

• pacing

• parallel plot

• structure

Multiple Choice

"how quickly or slowing the action in a story unfolds" is ...

• flashback

• pacing

• parallel plot

• structure

Multiple Choice

"a scene that interrupts the plot to show events that happened in the past, before the first event in the story" is ...

• flashback

• pacing

• parallel plot

• structure

Apply this standard while your read.

I can analyze the impact of an author's structural choices.

Analyze Author's Structural Choices

RL.9-10.5

Analyze in detail how an author's CLAIMS are developed & refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of text.

RI.9-10.5 (Informational Text)

Claim

• a supporting fact or argument in a persuasive text

• Writers of informational texts use TEXT STRUCTURES (chronological order, cause & effect, comparison-contrast) to develop and refine ideas to support CLAIMS that strengthen their overall point.

• To DEVELOP A CLAIM, writers frequently cite several strong reasons & provide several examples.

• To analyze how larger portions of text (section, chapter, etc.) develop an idea, pay attention to TEXT FEATURES.

Text Features: highlight & identify key ideas in a text

• titles, headings, subheadings

• key words

• diagrams, graphs, charts,

• images, videos, audio

• glossary, index, appendix

• hyperlinks

Multiple Choice

"titles, headings, subheadings, etc. that highlight and identify key ideas" is the definition of ...

• claim

• text features

• text structures

Multiple Choice

"a supporting fact or argument in a persuasive text" is the definition of ...

• claim

• text features

• text structures

Multiple Choice

"ways of organizing textual support in sentences and paragraphs" is the definition of ...

• claim

• text features

• text structures

Apply this standard while you read.

I can analyze the development of an idea or claim in an informational text.

Analyzing the Development of an Idea or Claim

• RI.9-10.5