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Georgia Milestones End-of-Course Assessments
Georgia Milestones Literature & Composition II (American Literature and Composition) End-of-Course assessment, measuring the ELAGSE grades 11-12 standards across two domains — Reading & Vocabulary and Writing & Language. Passage-based, with selected-response, constructed-response, and an extended writing task.
5 topics · 19 lessons · 53 practice questions
Close reading of fiction, drama, and poetry: citing textual evidence and drawing inferences; analyzing character, plot, and structural choices; interpreting figurative and connotative word meanings and their effect on tone; and recognizing point of view, irony, and satire.
4 lessons · 11 practice questions
Analyzing nonfiction — speeches, essays, arguments, and seminal U.S. documents: citing evidence and determining central ideas; explaining how ideas and events interact; evaluating text structure; determining an author's purpose and rhetoric; integrating multiple sources; and evaluating argument, reasoning, and evidence.
4 lessons · 11 practice questions
Determining word meaning from context; using word patterns (roots, affixes, and part-of-speech changes); consulting reference materials for precise meaning and etymology; and interpreting figures of speech and nuances in word meaning.
4 lessons · 11 practice questions
Command of standard English grammar and usage; conventions of capitalization, punctuation (including hyphenation), and spelling; and applying knowledge of language to make effective choices for meaning and style, including varying syntax for effect.
4 lessons · 11 practice questions
Producing effective writing: argumentative writing with clear claims, valid reasoning, and relevant textual evidence; and narrative writing with effective technique, well-chosen details, and coherent structure — the skills behind the EOC's extended writing-response task (scored for idea development, organization, coherence, and language conventions).
3 lessons · 9 practice questions
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