Reading/Literature 11. Analyze organizational patterns of texts: compare/contrast and argument/support
16. Synthesize and use knowledge of common graphic features to draw conclusions and make judgments (captions)
17. Evaluate quality of reading material and its content based on author's purpose
18. Read, identify and compare characteristics of various genres: folklore, fables, mythology, short stories, poetry, nonfiction and novels (poetry, short stories)
21. Explain and analyze effects of sound (alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme, rhyme scheme) and figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole)
23. Analyze similar themes across a variety of selections, distinguishing theme from topic
24. Identify and analyze plot structure (action, foreshadowing, climax)
25. Analyze characterization (dynamic and static) in prose and plays through characters' (thoughts, words and actions) and the narrator's description