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Reading Literary Text

Virginia SOL 8.RL.1

Analyze key ideas and plot details, including theme, plot patterns, and character development.

Study 8.RL.1 with SOL PrepBack to Grade 8 English

What students need to be able to do

  • Analyzing and explaining development of theme(s) over course of texts
  • Understanding relationship of themes to characters, settings, plots, and overall messages
  • Explaining how different plot patterns create meaning
  • Examining influence of plot patterns on characters, theme, pacing, and point of view
  • Explaining how subplots create meaning
  • Justifying decisions and actions of dynamic versus static characters
  • Using dialogue or specific events from text