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Literary Response and Analysis–
Students respond to stories based on well-know characters, themes, plots, and
settings
The main difference in items at higher RIT levels is in sentence
and passage length, complexity of detail and content, and difficulty of
vocabulary
Skills and
Concepts
Literary
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Infer the setting of a simple story by
noting details that tell time or place
New Vocabulary: story
Literary
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Determine the author’s purpose for simple
forms of writing
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Determine the mood or tone of a simple
passage
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Identify the problem in a story
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Determine how a problem was solved
Inference
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Infer actions, characteristics, emotions, or
qualities of characters
New Vocabulary: passage, sentence, problem, sign,
list, poem, fairy tale
Literary
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Determine how an
author’s words or techniques influence the reader’s feelings |
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Determine the
author’s purpose for writing in a 50-75 word selection |
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Identify characters
in a simple story |
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Determine the mood
or tone of a 50-75 word passage |
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Identify the basic
form of writing/genre selection |
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Identify the format
of poetry |
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Identify the rhyming
characteristics of poetry |
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Infer the
character’s emotions |
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Infer the setting by
noting specific details |
Inference
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Infer characteristics and qualities of main
characters
Problem Resolution
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Identify the problem
in a story |
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Determine an
appropriate resolution to a problem |
Compare-contrast
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Compare and/or
contrast people in a passage |
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Compare and/or
contrast events and details of a story |
New Vocabulary: describe, missing word, paragraph,
author’s purpose, ad, letter, fable, report
Literary
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Determine author’s
point of view |
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Determine point of
view of main characters |
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Determine main
characters and quality of each character |
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Determine how author
develops characters through word choice and story sequence |
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Determine word
choice that develops mood |
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Organization of
paragraph by location, main idea, and sequence of events |
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Recognize personal
note writing |
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Distinguish between
fantasy and realistic fiction |
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Identify realistic
fiction |
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Read for details in
folk tales |
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Distinguish between
descriptive and realistic writing |
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Understand the
characteristics of legends and myths |
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Understand poem
structure |
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Understand the
meaning of a metaphor used in a story |
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Identify use of
simile in a writing, not by name |
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Identify problem and
its resolution |
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Identify
setting—where, and when |
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Identify theme or
moral in a multi-paragraph passage |
Inference
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Make inferences from a variety of personal
narratives
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Make inferences from a fable
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Make inferences about characters in a
variety of literature
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Infer who is the narrator
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Make inferences from poetry
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Make inferences from riddles
Problem Resolution
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Identify how to
resolve problem |
Compare-contrast
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Compare and contrast
characters, both major and minor characters |
New Vocabulary: theme, action, setting, predict,
author, solve, purpose, make-believe, mood, point of view, tone, moral,
character, legend, fantasy, diary, note
Literary
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Use imagery, humor,
rhymes to develop interest |
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Use first person and
word choice to hold reader’s attention |
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Use of devices by
author such as word choice to create mood |
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Determine author’s
strategy for creating the piece of writing |
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Determine point of
view of various characters |
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Draw complex
conclusions about characters |
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Infer how author
developed characters through word choice, story sequence |
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Determine word
choice to develop mood and voice |
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Recognize personal
narrative |
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Distinguish between
fiction and nonfiction writing |
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Analyze and gain
understanding of legends |
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Recognize elements
of foreshadowing |
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Understand meaning
of idiom used in the story |
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Identify realistic
elements vs. nonrealistic parts in a story |
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Identify an
onomatopoeia element in the story |
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Identify the problem
and the resolution within a long passage |
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Identify
setting—where, when, from the descriptors within the passage |
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Identify major and
minor themes of the passage |
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Identify humor and
reason for its use |
Inference
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Make inferences from personal narratives
within the context of the story
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Make inferences about directionality
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Make inferences about characters from a
variety of literature
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Infer who is narrator by the descriptors of
the story
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Make inferences from different types of
poetry
New Vocabulary: fiction, subject, event, conflict,
appeal, narrator, main point, main character, detail, solution, short story,
folktale
Literary
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Use devices such as
humor, exaggeration, word choice to create mood |
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Use devices by the
author such as word choice and complex descriptors |
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Determine the
complex point of view of the author or characters through character
descriptions |
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Infer how author
develops characters through story sequence |
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Infer the story
structure as a literary device |
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Determine purpose of
dialogue |
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Recognize newspaper
writing, and personal note writing |
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Identify historical
fiction |
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Distinguish between
fiction and nonfiction writing in lengthy passages |
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Identify realistic
fiction |
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Determine purpose of
lengthy folk tales |
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Understand the
content of poems with figurative language |
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Recognize elements
of a fable |
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Recognize the use of
suspense to get the reader’s interest |
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Understand meaning
of idioms used in the story |
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Understand the
imagery in the writing |
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Understand and
explain the meaning of metaphors used in the story |
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Understand the
meaning of symbolism in stories |
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Identify the problem
and articulate the resolution |
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Identify main
conflict |
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Identify
exaggeration |
Inference
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Make inferences about a character type
within a variety of literature
Problem Resolution
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Identify a complex
problem and list possible resolutions |
New Vocabulary: application, opinion, plot,
exaggeration, speaker, science fiction, personal narrative, autobiography,
historical fiction, non-fiction, mythology
RIT Scores between 211 and 220
Literary
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Use figurative
language, sequence of events, word choice, suspense, imagery that creates
complex interest |
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Describe complex
character descriptions |
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Determine how author
develops character traits through inference |
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Use descriptive
dialogue to develop tone |
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Use the story
structure as a literary device |
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Recognize dialogue
that provides a variety of purposes and information |
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Recognize
autobiographical writing |
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Use writing as a
rule for giving directions |
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Understand form and
general characteristics of folk tales |
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Identify vivid and
descriptive writing |
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Understand the
structure of poetry by its rhyme and length of lines |
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Recognize science
fiction |
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Recognize a book
review |
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Recognize
foreshadowing as a literary device in writing |
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Find a figure of
speech and explain |
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Understand the
author’s purpose in use of similes |
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Understand the
meaning of symbolism in stories |
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Identify
exaggeration and understand its impact on story line |
Problem Resolution
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Understand complex
problems and develop one or more solutions |
New Vocabulary: intent, irony, suspense, simile,
figure of speech, dialogue, metaphor
Items include same skills and content as above with more difficult vocabulary
and extended thinking.
New Vocabulary: personification, alliteration, method
of characterization, flashback, literary device, narration, exposition, memoir
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