Creating Effects Through Structure and Time
Grade 9ELA45 min
aligned to Rl.9-10.5 Analyze How An Author’s Choices Concerning How To Structure A Text, Order Events Within It, And Manipulate Time Create Effects Such As Mystery, Tension, Or Surprise.
Learning Objective
I can evaluate the impact of an author's decisions about text structure and chronology on creating specific effects, such as mystery, tension, or surprise.
Lesson Flow
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Analyzing Text Structure - Literary Analysis for Teens!
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Practice
12 questions • Short answer
Exit Ticket
“Describe how an author's use of flashbacks might create a sense of mystery in a story. Explain how an author's decision to present events out of chronological order could build tension in a narrative.”
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