Reading Literary Text
Virginia SOL 8.RL.2
Analyze author's craft and style, including poetic elements, stylistic choices, point of view, and literary devices.
What students need to be able to do
- Interpreting meaning and analyzing impact of poetic elements
- Understanding impact of poetic elements on reader
- Analyzing how elements of author's style influence and develop tone and voice
- Analyzing how authors develop and contrast points of view
- Analyzing how authors use literary devices
- Understanding how literary devices build mystery, suspense, or surprise