Multiple genres

The student recognizes and analyzes literary elements within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse literary texts.

Infer multiple themes within and across texts using text evidence;

Analyze how the characters' internal and external responses develop the plot;

Analyze plot elements, including rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, and non-linear elements such as flashback

Analyze how the setting, including historical and cultural settings, influences character and plot development.

The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse texts.

Demonstrate knowledge of literary genres such as realistic fiction, adventure stories, historical fiction, mysteries, humor, and myths;

Analyze the effect of meter and structural elements such as line breaks in poems across a variety of poetic forms;

Analyze how playwrights develop characters through dialogue and staging;

Analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational text, including:

The controlling idea or thesis with supporting evidence;

Features such as introduction, foreword, preface, references, or acknowledgements to gain background information

Organizational patterns such as definition, classification, advantage, and disadvantage;

Analyze characteristics and structures of argumentative text by:

Identifying the claim;

Explaining how the author uses various types of evidence to support the argument;

Identifying the intended audience or reader

Analyze characteristics of multimodal and digital texts.