Unit 2 Pre-Assessment

What is the purpose of analyzing the author's use of print and graphic features?

• To evaluate the author's use of language, diction, and syntax

• To analyze how historical and cultural settings influence characterization, plot, and theme

• To analyze the author's purpose, audience, and message within a text

• To analyze the use of literary devices such as irony, sarcasm, and motif

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

How can non-linear plot structures such as flashbacks and foreshadowing contribute to the development of a deeper understanding of the theme?

• By analyzing the author's use of language, diction, and syntax

• By analyzing how themes are developed through characterization and plot

• By analyzing major plot events such as the exposition, conflict, and climax

• By analyzing how authors develop complex yet believable characters

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the purpose of analyzing the use of text structure in achieving the author's purpose?

• To analyze the author's use of print and graphic features

• To analyze the effects of metrics, rhyme schemes, and other conventions in poems

• To analyze the interrelationships among literary devices, literary elements, and author's purpose

• To analyze how scenes and acts work together to construct the plot and develop characterization and theme

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the function of dramatic conventions such as asides, soliloquies, and dramatic irony?

• To analyze the author's use of language, diction, and syntax

• To analyze how authors develop complex yet believable characters

• To analyze how scenes and acts work together to construct the plot and develop characterization and theme

• To analyze the effects of metrics, rhyme schemes, and other conventions in poems

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

How can acts and scenes work together to construct the plot and develop characterization and theme?

• By analyzing the author's use of print and graphic features

• By analyzing how themes are developed through characterization and plot

• By analyzing major plot events such as the exposition, conflict, and climax

• By analyzing the function of dramatic conventions such as asides, soliloquies, and dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

What is the purpose of identifying specific details and text evidence that support personal connections?

• To analyze the author's use of language, diction, and syntax

• To analyze how authors develop complex yet believable characters

• To analyze the interrelationships among literary devices, literary elements, and author's purpose

• To discuss and write about the explicit or implicit meanings of text

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

What is the purpose of composing literary texts such as fiction and poetry using genre characteristics?

• To analyze the author's use of print and graphic features

• To analyze the effects of metrics, rhyme schemes, and other conventions in poems

• To analyze the interrelationships among literary devices, literary elements, and author's purpose

• To use an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, topic, and context

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is the purpose of revising drafts to improve clarity, development of ideas, and organization?

• To analyze the author's use of language, diction, and syntax

• To analyze how authors develop complex yet believable characters

• To analyze the interrelationships among literary devices, literary elements, and author's purpose

• To improve clarity, development of ideas, organization, and stylistic features

What is the purpose of editing drafts using standard English conventions?

• To analyze the author's use of print and graphic features

• To analyze the effects of metrics, rhyme schemes, and other conventions in poems

• To analyze the interrelationships among literary devices, literary elements, and author's purpose

• To edit drafts for standard English conventions

What is the purpose of using well-chosen evidence from the text and commentary to support conclusions and inferences?

• To analyze the author's use of language, diction, and syntax

• To analyze how authors develop complex yet believable characters

• To analyze the interrelationships among literary devices, literary elements, and author's purpose

• To use evidence from the text and commentary to support conclusions and inferences

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3