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English Language Arts and Literacy | Grade : 7
Strand - Reading Literature
Cluster - Craft and Structure
[RL.7.5] - Analyze how aspects of a literary work's structure contribute to its meaning or style (e.g., the effect of repetition in an epic, a flashback in a novel, or a soliloquy in a drama).
- Analysis (Analyze)
In general, a careful examination of the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another; in language arts, a study of how words, sentences, paragraphs, stanzas, or sections of a text affect its meaning. - Literary text
Work of fiction in narrative, dramatic, or poetic form; also literary nonfiction. - Massachusetts Anchor Standards for Reading
- Reading Closely to Analyze Complex Texts in the Secondary Grades
- Structure
Broadly, anything composed of parts arranged together in some way; in language arts, the relationships or organization of the component parts in a literary text. - Style
Author’s or speaker’s unique way of communicating ideas—not only what is said but also how it is said. Literary elements contributing to style include diction, syntax, tone, figurative language, and dialogue.
[RL.6.5] -
Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
[RL.8.5] -
Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts, analyzing how structure contributes to meaning and style in each text.