Grade 8 » Reading

Description: Informational Text Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone, including analogies and allusions to other texts.

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Description: Informational Text Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of a text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph or section in a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept.

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Description: Informational Text Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.

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Description: Literature Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including allusions to other texts, repetition of words and phrases, and analogies.

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Description: Informational Text Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims and the reasoning is sound.

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Description: Informational Text Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary.

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Description: Informational Text Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. Analyze the techniques used to distinguish between and to make connections among individuals, events, or ideas in a text.

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Description: Literature Read closely to determine what a text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Analyze what a text says explicitly and draw logical inferences; support an interpretation of a text by citing relevant textual evidence.

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Description: Literature Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary.

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Description: Literature Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.

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