English Language Arts

Grade 9-10

Reading Standards for Literature 6–12

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CC.9-10.R.L.5
Craft and Structure

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.


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