Reading Literary Text
Virginia SOL 9.RL.2
Analyze craft and style in literary texts, including poetic devices and authorial choices.
What students need to be able to do
- Analyze the use of rhyme, rhythm, sound, imagery, and other literary devices in poetry.
- Understand how literary devices convey messages and elicit reader emotions.
- Explain how an author's specific word choices shape the meaning of the text.
- Explain how an author's syntax shapes the meaning of the text.
- Explain how an author's tone shapes the meaning of the text.
- Explain how an author's voice shapes the meaning of the text.
- Explain the point of view and distinguish between what is implied or intended.
- Understand the use of hyperbole, irony, sarcasm, and understatement.