Identify, explain, interpret, compare, describe, and/or analyze components of fiction and literary nonfiction.

Character (may also be called narrator, speaker, subject of a biography):

Identify, explain, interpret, compare, describe, and/or analyze character actions, motives, dialogue, emotions/feelings, traits, and relationships among characters within fictional or literary nonfictional text.

Identify, explain, interpret, compare, describe, and/or analyze the relationship between characters and other components of text.

Setting:

Identify, explain, interpret, compare, and/or describe the setting of fiction or literary nonfiction.

Identify, explain, interpret, compare, describe, and/or analyze the relationship between setting and other components of text.

Plot (may also be called action):

Identify, explain, interpret, compare, describe, and/or analyze elements of the plot (conflict, rising action, climax and/or resolution).

Identify, explain, interpret, compare, describe, and/or analyze the relationship between elements of the plot and other components of text.

Theme:

Identify, explain, interpret, compare, describe, and/or analyze the theme of fiction or literary nonfiction.

Identify, explain, interpret, compare, describe, and/or analyze the relationship between the theme and other components of text.