Read Chapters 8-9.
Common Core Objectives
- 1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
- 2
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).
- 3
Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and...
