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Reading Literary Text

Virginia SOL 5.RL.2

Analyze craft and style in grade-level complex literary texts.

Study 5.RL.2 with SOL PrepBack to Grade 5 English

What students need to be able to do

  • Describe how an author develops a character through what characters say, think, do, and how other characters respond.
  • Analyze the author's use of language (e.g., synonyms, figurative language, sensory words, dialogue, dialect) and their impact on understanding characters, settings, and plot events.
  • Analyze how the characteristics of a poem and the author's use of patterns of sounds (e.g., rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, consonance) impact meaning.