Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same topic.

Distinguish among facts, reasoned judgment based on research findings, and speculation in a text.

Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).

Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the same topic.

Compare and contrast one author's presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).

Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they see and hear when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch.

Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.

Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).

Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.

Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).