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RL.4 Reading Standards for Literature
- Key Ideas and Details
- RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- RL.4.2 Examine a grade-appropriate literary text. Provide a summary. Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text.
- RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).
- Craft and Structure
- RL.4.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language.
- RL.4.5 Compare and contrast the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter), drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions), and prose.
- RL.4.6 Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.
- Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
- RL.4.7 Analyze the similarities and differences between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the same text citing specific details.
- RL.4.9 Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g., opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events in stories and traditional literature from different cultures.
- Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
- RL.4.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the Grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.