English Literature study guides

A complete overview of narrative writing and constructed responses on the Georgia Milestones American Literature EOC: narrative techniques (show-don't-tell, sensory detail, dialogue, pacing), structuring a narrative, the constructed-response answer-plus-evidence move, and the common constructed-response mistakes to avoid.

A complete overview of reading informational and argumentative texts on the Georgia Milestones American Literature EOC: central ideas, analyzing argument and claims, author's purpose and rhetoric, text evidence and inference, and comparing and synthesizing paired texts, with the shared move of reading critically and proving claims from the text.

A complete overview of reading literary texts on the Georgia Milestones American Literature EOC: analyzing theme, plot and structure, character and point of view, figurative language, poetry, and using American literary context, with the shared move of reading for meaning and proving it from the text.

A complete overview of revising, editing, and exam strategy on the Georgia Milestones American Literature EOC: revising for clarity and organization, editing for grammar and conventions, the online format and item types, pacing the three sections, and reading the task and rubric, with the shared move of knowing the test and writing toward what it rewards.

A complete overview of the Georgia Milestones American Literature EOC extended writing response (the source-based essay): understanding the task, writing a claim or controlling idea, using evidence from the passages, organizing and elaborating ideas, the argumentative and informational modes, and scoring on the seven-point two-trait rubric.

A complete overview of vocabulary and language on the Georgia Milestones American Literature EOC: working out word meaning in context, using word parts and word relationships, reading figurative and connotative meaning, and analyzing language, tone, and word choice, with the shared move of reading and choosing words for meaning and effect.