Smarter Balanced Grade 11 Summative Assessments · Grade 11 English Language Arts

Reading & Analyzing Literary Text

Close reading of fiction, drama, and poetry: citing textual evidence and drawing inferences; analyzing theme, character, and structural choices; and interpreting figurative and connotative word meanings, tone, and point of view.

Lessons in this topic

Key Details, Central Ideas, and Theme
Inference, Reasoning, and Analysis Across a Text
Word Meanings, Figurative Language, and Tone
Text Structure and Genre Features

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