Texas STAAR End-of-Course Exams · English II

Genres and Text Structures

Analyzing world literature, poetic meter and rhyme, dramatic conventions, informational structure (design-thesis relationship), and argumentative structure (claims, evidence, counterarguments, audience).

Lessons in this topic

World Literature, Poetry, and Drama
Informational Text: Design and Thesis
Argumentative Texts: Claims, Evidence, Counterarguments

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