Common Core Writing Standards Addressed:
Key Ideas and Details:  Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Production and Distribution of Writing
- Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. 
- Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. 
- Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others. 
Common Core Literacy Standards Addressed in this Unit:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.9-10.1.D
Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and conventions of the discipline in which they are writing.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.2.A
Use a semicolon (and perhaps a conjunctive adverb) to link two or more closely related independent clauses.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.2.B
Use a colon to introduce a list or quotation.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.3
Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.5.A
Interpret figures of speech (e.g., euphemism, oxymoron) in context and analyze their role in the text.