Craft and Structure

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.4
  With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.5
  Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.6
  Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.4
  Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.5
  Know and use various text features (e.g., headings, tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.6
  Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.4
  Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.5
  Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.6
  Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.4
  Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.5
  Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.6
  Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.4
  Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.5
  Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.6
  Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.4
  Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.5
  Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.6
  Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.4
  Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.5
  Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.6
  Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.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.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.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.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.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.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.4
  Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.5
  Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.6
  Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.4
  Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper).
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.5
  Analyze in detail how an author's ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text (e.g., a section or chapter).
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.6
  Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.4
  Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10).
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.5
  Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.6
  Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness, or beauty of the text.