11-12.RL.2
Description:
Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account. Provide an evidence-based summary of the text that includes analysis.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
2A
Exemplars
2A: Determining Main Idea
2A: Determining Main Idea
Description:
Determining Main Idea and Themes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
L-10
L-10
Grade level: 12
Word count: 2596 words
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Synopsis: Edgar Allan Poe's classic short story gives a whole new meaning to the term "solitary confinement."
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
The events in this tale could best be described by the expression
- "Stuck between a rock and a hard place."
- "Actions speak louder than words."
- "Don't bite the hand that feeds you."
- "The pen is mightier than the sword."
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
(Theme: environment) Describe a selection in which a nature or the environment was represented in either a positive or negative way, and how this positive or negative view affected the characters and events in the selection.
Evaluator
Organization:
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