Common Core State Standards

Use an ellipsis to indicate an omission.

Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood.*

Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood.

Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences.

(RL.9-10.8 not applicable to literature)

By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new.

Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.