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Reading Informational Text

Virginia SOL 9.RI.1

Analyze the development of main ideas and use of evidence in informational texts.

Study 9.RI.1 with SOL PrepBack to Grade 9 English

What students need to be able to do

  • Analyze the development of main ideas over the course of texts.
  • Understand how main ideas emerge, are shaped, and are refined by specific details.
  • Understand how specific details reveal the author's intended purpose for writing.
  • Explain the purpose and interpret the use of data and information in visual formats.
  • Distinguish among facts, reasoned judgments, and/or speculation in texts.
  • Determine where a position or argument is to be confirmed, disproved, or modified.