GED
Adult Goal 5: Learners will be able to comprehend, interpret, and analyze popular and classical literature and commentary about literature and the arts. LITERATURE

OBJECTIVES EXAMPLES
Objective A: Learners will identify characteristic features of fiction in excerpts from novels, short stories, and plays as they reveal meaning.
  • Setting
  • Characterization
  • Plot
  • Theme
  • Point of view
  • Tone, mood
  • Style
  • Structure
  • Metaphors, similes
Objective B: Learners will identify key marks of punctuation used in drama.
  • Character's name followed by colon
  • Stage directions and asides placed in parentheses or brackets
  • Use of dash to signify interruption by another character
Objective C: Learners will identify the special characteristics of poetry.
  • Figurative language
  • Imagery
  • Rhyme
  • Rhythm
  • Comparison by analogy
  • Imagery and symbols
Objective D: Learners will identify characteristic features of non-fiction in excerpts from journals, essays, biographies, dialogue, newspapers, and periodicals.
  • Writing based on real experiences
  • Writing that expresses feelings, thoughts, attitudes, values, opinions, ideas, and information
Objective E: Learners will identify characteristic features of comments, criticisms, or reviews about the arts.
  • Commentary that expresses personal point of view
  • Commentary that includes information and description

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