Reading Literature Standards

Cite strong textual evidence

• RL.9.1

• RL.9.2

• RL.9.3

• RL.9.4

Determine the theme or central idea of a text and analyze

in detail its development over the course of a text.

• RL.9.1

• RL.9.2

• RL.9.3

• RL.9.4

Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme

• RL.9.1

• RL.9.2

• RL.9.3

• RL.9.4

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text,

including figurative and connotative meanings;

• RL.9.1

• RL.9.2

• RL.9.3

• RL.9.4

Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text,

order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time

• RL.9.2

• RL.9.3

• RL.9.4

• RL.9.5

Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a

work of literature from outside the United States drawing on a wide reading of world literature.

• RL9.6

• RL.9.4

• RL.9.5

• RL.9.7

Explain how the author’s/artist’s emphasis OR exclusion of detail(s)

contributes to the overall meaning or theme of the piece.

• RL.9.5

• RL.9.6

• RL.9.7

• RL.9.8

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).

For example written texts, plays, songs, etc., to create something new.

(allusion, allegory, parody, parable, etc.)

• RL.9.6

• RL.9.7

• RL.9.8

• RL.9.9

read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9–10 text complexity proficiently. recognize in a literary text:

Key ideas and details

Structural elements

Intentional choices made by the author

(word choice, figurative/connotative meaning, etc.)

• RL.9.7

• RL.9.9

• RL.9.10

• RL.9.8