American Lit EOC Milestone
Overview
American Lit EOC Milestone
The American Literature and Composition EOC assessment has of a total of 60 items: selected-response (multiple-choice), constructed-response, extended-response, and extended writing-response items. It will be given in three sections. You will have up to 75 minutes per section to complete Sections 1 and 2. You will have up to 90 minutes to complete Section 3, including the writing prompt. The test will evaluate your reading comprehension and writing skills.
Selected-Response Items
Strategies for answering selected-response questions:
- Read the directions carefully.
- Read the entire reading passage provided. The questions often deal with the passage as a whole or the relationship between a specific section and the entire passage, so you need to be sure to read the whole passage and understand its purpose and tone.
- Read the question and then think about what you think the answer is.
- Read all of the answer choices carefully.
- If the question directs you back to the passage, go back to the lines it directs you to; don't try to answer from memory.
Technology-Enhanced Item:
A technology-enhanced item has two parts. You will be asked to answer the first part of the question, and then you will answer the second part of the question based on how you answered the first part. These questions are worth two points. Partial credit may be awarded if the first response is correct but the second is not.
Constructed-Response Items
Strategies for answering constructed-response Items:
- Read the question or prompt carefully.
- Think about what the question is asking you to do.
- Go back to the passage or passages and find details, examples, or reasons that help support and explain your response.
- Reread your response and be sure you have answered all parts of the question.
- Be sure that the evidence you have chosen from the text supports your answer.
- Your response will be scored based on the accuracy of your response and how well you have supported your answer with details and other evidence.
Extended Constructed Response Item
For American Literature and Composition, you will respond to a narrative prompt based on a passage you have read. You may be asked to write a beginning or ending to a narrative, write a story from a different point of view, or write a story based on an informational text, as well as other narrative options. Partial credit may be awarded.
The narrative writing will be evaluated on these criteria:
- effective establishment of a situation, point of view, character(s), and setting
- effective use of narrative strategies such as description, dialogue, plot, and pacing
- vivid, precise language
- incorporation of material from the source
- few or no errors in usage and grammar
- good writing style
Extended Writing Response Item
There are three selected response items and one two-point constructed response item to help focus the students’ thoughts on the passages and to prepare them for the actual writing task.
The extended writing response task is scored on a 7-point scale: 4 points for idea development, organization, and coherence, and 3 points for language usage and conventions.
Study Guide for American Lit EOC
Check out this study guide from the Georgia Department of Education for a full explanation of the test, sample items, and writing rubrics.