Key Ideas and Details: | Anchor Standard 1 Read closely to determine what the 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. Anchor Standard 2 Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Anchor Standard 3 Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. |
Craft and Structure: | Anchor Standard 4 Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. Anchor Standard 5 Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. Anchor Standard 6 Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. |
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: | Anchor Standard 7 Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. Anchor Standard 8 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. Anchor Standard 9 Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take. |