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11-07-2013
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
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11-07-2013
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
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11-07-2013
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
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11-07-2013
Analyze a case in which grasping point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g., satire, sarcasm, irony, or understatement).
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11-07-2013
Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events
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11-07-2013
Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a characters thoughts, words, or actions).
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11-07-2013
Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot)
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11-07-2013
Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).
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11-07-2013
Determine an authors point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.
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11-07-2013
Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).
11-07-2013Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.