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RL.9-10.5 (English Language Arts)


Standard Identifier: RL.9-10.5
Content Area: English Language Arts
Grade Range: 9–10
Subject Area: English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain: Reading: Literature
Cluster: Craft and Structure

Standard:
Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.

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