Textual Evidence and Inferences
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Theme
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
Plot Development
Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
Text Structure
Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
Point of View
Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
Compare a Text with a Performance
Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they “see” and “hear” when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch.
Compare and Contrast Genres
Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.
Textual Evidence
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Central Idea of a Text
Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
Development of an Idea or Event
Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).
Text Structure
Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.
Persuasive Writing & Author's Argument
Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.
Integrate Information
Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.
Persuasive Writing & Author's Argument
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.
Compare and Contrast
Compare and contrast one author's presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).
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