Read to the end of the story.
Common Core Objectives
- 1
Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole and build toward a particular tone and outcome (e.g., a sense of mystery, suspense, growth, or resolution).
- 2
Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
- 3
Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a...
