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RL.7.3 Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).

RL.7.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.

RL.7.6 Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.

7(9)(E) Identify the use of literary devices, including subjective and objective point of view.

RL.7.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

7(7)(A) Infer multiple themes within and across texts using text evidence.

RL.7.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.

7(8)(B) Analyze the effect of rhyme scheme, meter, and graphical elements such as punctuation and capitalization in poems across a variety of poetic forms.

RL.7.5 Analyze how a drama's or poem's form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning

7(8)(C) Analyze how playwrights develop characters through dialogue and staging.

RL.7.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.

RI.7.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

7(5)(F) Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding.

RI.7.2 Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

7(8)(D)(i) Analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational text, including the controlling idea or thesis with supporting evidence.

RI.7.8 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.

7(8)(E)(ii) Analyze characteristics and structures of argumentative text by explaining how the author uses various types of evidence and consideration of alternatives to support the argument.

RI.7.8 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.

7(8)(E)(i) Analyze characteristics and structures of argumentative text by identifying the claim.

8(8)(D)(i) Analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational text, including the controlling idea or thesis with supporting evidence.

RI.7.6 Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author distinguishes his or her position from that of others.

7(9)(E) Identify the use of literary devices, including subjective and objective point of view.

7(12)(H)(i) Examine sources for reliability, credibility, and bias.

RI.7.5 Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas.

7(8)(D)(iii) Analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational text, including organizational patterns that support multiple topics, categories, and subcategories.

RI.7.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.

W.7.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

W.7.2.C Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.