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Unit 1: Short Fiction I (70)
  • Interpreting the role of character in fiction (10)
  • Identifying and interpreting setting (10)
  • Understanding how a story’s structure affects interpretations (10)
  • Understanding and interpreting a narrator’s perspective (10)
  • Reading texts literally and figuratively (20)
  • The basics of literary analysis (10)
Unit 2: Poetry I (40)
  • Identifying characters in poetry (10)
  • Understanding and interpreting meaning in poetic structure (10)
  • Analyzing word choice to find meaning (10)
  • Identifying techniques like contrast-simile-metaphor-and alliteration (10)
Unit 3: Longer Fiction or Drama I (50)
  • Interpreting character description and perspective (10)
  • Character evolution throughout a narrative (10)
  • Conflict and plot development (10)
  • Interpreting symbolism (10)
  • Identifying evidence and supporting literary arguments (10)
Unit 4: Short Fiction II (50)
  • Protagonists-antagonists-character relationships-and conflict (10)
  • Character interactions with setting and its significance (10)
  • Archetypes in literature (10)
  • Types of narration like stream of consciousness (10)
  • Narrative distance-tone-and perspective (10)
Unit 5: Poetry II (40)
  • Traits of closed and open structures in poetry (10)
  • Use of techniques like imagery and hyperbole (10)
  • Types of comparisons in poetry including personification and allusion (10)
  • Identifying and interpreting extended metaphors (10)
Unit 6: Longer Fiction or Drama II (60)
  • Interpreting foil characters (10)
  • Understanding and interpreting character motives (10)
  • Understanding nonlinear narrative structures like flashbacks and foreshadowing (10)
  • The effect of narrative tone and bias on reading (10)
  • Characters as symbols-metaphors-and archetypes (10)
  • Developing literary arguments within a broader context of works (10)
Unit 7: Short Fiction III (70)
  • Sudden and more gradual change in characters (10)
  • Epiphany as a driver of plot (10)
  • Relationships between characters and groups (10)
  • Character interactions with settings (10)
  • The significance of the pacing of a narrative (10)
  • Setting as a symbol (10)
  • Interpreting texts in their historical and societal contexts (10)
Unit 8: Poetry III (50)
  • Looking at punctuation and structural patterns (10)
  • Interpreting juxtaposition-paradox-and irony (10)
  • How ambiguity can allow for various interpretations (10)
  • Identifying symbols-conceits-and allusions (10)
  • Learning proper attribution and citation in literary analysis (10)
Unit 9: Longer Fiction or Drama III (30)
  • Looking at a character’s response to the resolution of a narrative (10)
  • Suspense-resolution-and plot development (10)
  • Narrative inconsistencies and contrasting perspectives (10)