Craft and Structure

Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to an understanding of the topic.

Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6-8 texts and topics.

Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally).

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.

Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.

Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.

Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.

Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.