Demonstrate knowledge of foundational works of literature that reflect a variety of genres in the respective major periods of literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics.

Read and comprehend literary fiction on grade level, reading independently and proficiently.

Identify and/or explain stated or implied main ideas and relevant supporting details from a text.

Note: Items may target specific paragraphs.

Summarize the key details and events of a nonfictional text, in part or as a whole.

Analyze how literary form relates to and/or influences the meaning of a text.

Compare and evaluate the characteristics that distinguish fiction from literary nonfiction

Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or evaluate connections between texts.