LAC 28:CLXIX.2101. Reading Literature

A. Cite and paraphrase relevant and thorough textual evidence that most strongly supports analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. B. 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. C. Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. D. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone E. Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. F. Analyze a particular point of view or traditional experience reflected in works of literature, drawing on a wide reading of world literature. G. Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment. H. Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare). I. By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. J. By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.