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11-07-2013
Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).
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11-07-2013
Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).
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11-07-2013
Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
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11-07-2013
Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.
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11-07-2013
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
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11-07-2013
Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided.
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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 various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person's life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account.
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11-07-2013
Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
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11-07-2013
Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).
11-07-2013Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).