Exam Structure and Content to Know Flashcards
What are the seven things on the skill category?
Skill Category
Exam Weighting
1: Explain the function of character
16-20%
- Explain the function of setting
3-6%
3: Explain the function of plot and structure
16-20%
4: Explain the function of the narrator or speaker
21-26%
5: Explain the function of word choice, imagery, and symbols
10-13%
6: Explain the function of comparison
10-13%
7: Develop textually substantiated arguments about interpretations of part or all of a text
10-13%
Big Idea: Character
ENDURING UNDERSTANDING: Characters in literature allow readers to study and explore a range of values, beliefs, assumptions, biases, and cultural norms represented by those characters.
1.A Identify and describe what specific textual details reveal about a character, that character’s perspective, and that character’s motives.
1.B Explain the function of a character changing or remaining unchanged.
1.C Explain the function of contrasting characters.
1.D Describe how textual details reveal nuances and complexities in characters’ relationships with one another
1.E Explain how a character’s own choices, actions, and speech reveal complexities in that character, and explain the function of those complexities.
Big Idea: Structure
ENDURING UNDERSTANDING: The arrangement of the parts and sections of a text, the relationship of the parts to each other, and the sequence in which the text reveals information are all structural choices made by a writer that contribute to the reader’s interpretation of a text.
3.A Identify and describe how the plot orders events in a narrative.
3.B Explain the function of a particular sequence of events in a plot.
3.C Explain the function of structure in a text.
3.D Explain the function of contrasts within a text.
3.E Explain the function of a significant event or related set of significant events in a plot.
3.F Explain the function of conflict in a text.
Big Idea: Narration
ENDURING UNDERSTANDING: A narrator’s or speaker’s perspective controls the details and emphases that affect how readers experience and interpret a text.
4.A Explain how word choice, comparisons, and syntax contribute to the specific tone or style of a text.
4.B Explain how writers create, combine, and place independent and dependent clauses to show relationships between and among ideas.
4.C Explain how grammar and mechanics contribute to the clarity and effectiveness of an argument.
4.D Strategically use words, comparisons, and syntax to convey a specific tone or style in an argument.
Big Idea: Figurative Language
ENDURING UNDERSTANDING: Comparisons, representations, and associations shift meaning from the literal to the figurative and invite readers to interpret a text.
5.A Distinguish between the literal and figurative meanings of words and phrases.
5.B Explain the function of specific words and phrases in a text.
5.C Identify and explain the function of a symbol.
5.D Identify and explain the function of an image or imagery.
6.A Identify and explain the function of a simile.
6.B Identify and explain the function of a metaphor.
6.C Identify and explain the function of personification.
6.D Identify and explain the function of an allusion.
Big Idea: Literary Argumentation
ENDURING UNDERSTANDING: Readers establish and communicate their interpretations of literature through arguments supported by textual evidence.
7.A Develop a paragraph that includes 1) a claim that requires defense with evidence from the text and 2) the evidence itself.
7.B Develop a thesis statement that conveys a defensible claim about an interpretation of literature and that may establish a line of reasoning.
7.C Develop commentary that establishes and explains relationships among textual evidence, the line of reasoning, and the thesis.
7.D Select and use relevant and sufficient evidence to both develop and support a line of reasoning.
7.E Demonstrate control over the elements of composition to communicate clearly.
