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Enduring Understandings
Enduring Understandings
Authors use stylistic techniques to give life to their stories.
The structure of a text contributes to its meaning.
Authors make deliberate choices to create the effects they want.
Essential Questions
Essential Questions
How do various literary techniques create meaning?
How do authors vary narrative elements to achieve their purposes?
What factors influence the choices authors make in a story?
Core Texts
Core Texts
(short stories, narrative fiction)
(short stories, narrative fiction)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Cold Sassy Tree
Flowers for Algernon
The House on Mango Street
Of Mice and Men
The Princess Bride
A Separate Peace
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor
Anthologies
Anthologies
Contemporary Short Stories
The Language of Literature
Points of View
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