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11-07-2013
Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
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11-07-2013
Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
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11-07-2013
Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
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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).
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11-07-2013
Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
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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
Determine an authors point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in 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
Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).
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11-07-2013
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.