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English Language Arts and Literacy | Grade : 8
Strand - Reading Literature
Cluster - Craft and Structure
[RL.8.5] - Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts, analyzing how structure contributes to meaning and style in each text.
- 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. - Style
Author’s or speaker’s unique way of communicating ideas—not only what is said but also how it is said. Literary elements contributing to style include diction, syntax, tone, figurative language, and dialogue. - Text
A composition or work of art: for example, a film, speech, photograph, drawing, or written work.
[RL.7.5] -
Analyze how aspects of a literary work's structure contribute to its meaning or style (e.g., the effect of repetition in an epic, a flashback in a novel, or a soliloquy in a drama).
[RL.9-10.5] -
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.