Common Core: Reading: Literature
3.RL.9
Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series).
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Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
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Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
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Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
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Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
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Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.
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Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
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Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
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Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
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Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.
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Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
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