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English Language Arts and Literacy | Grade : 7
Strand - Reading Informational Text
Cluster - Craft and Structure
[RI.7.5] - Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections and text features (e.g., headings) contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas.
- Analysis (Analyze)
In general, a careful examination of the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another; in language arts, a study of how words, sentences, paragraphs, stanzas, or sections of a text affect its meaning. - Massachusetts Anchor Standards for Reading
- Reading Closely to Analyze Complex Texts in the Secondary Grades
- Structure
Broadly, anything composed of parts arranged together in some way; in language arts, the relationships or organization of the component parts in a literary text. - Text features
Aspects of a (usually informational) text other than the main content: for example, headings, illustrations, charts, captions, callout boxes, excerpts displayed in a larger font for emphasis.
[RI.6.5] -
Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, section or text feature (e.g., heading) fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.
[RI.8.5] -
Analyze in detail the structural elements of a text, including the role of specific sentences, paragraphs, and text features in developing and refining a key concept.