State of Ohio English Language Arts Standards

Reading Applications - Literary Text
Grade: K
Reading Applications: Literary Text
Standard Number: 1.   
Identify favorite books and stories.

Standard Number: 2.   
Identify the characters and setting in a story.

Standard Number: 3.   
Retell or re-enact a story that has been heard.

Standard Number: 4.   
Distinguish between fantasy and reality.

Standard Number: 5.   
Recognize predictable patterns in stories.

Grade: Gr. 1
Reading Applications: Literary Text
Standard Number: 1.  
Provide own interpretation of story, using information from the text.

Standard Number: 2.  
Identify characters, setting and events in a story.

Standard Number: 3.  
Retell the beginning, middle and ending of a story, including its important events.

Standard Number: 4.  
Identify differences between stories, poems and plays.

Standard Number: 5.  
Recognize predictable patterns in stories and poems.

Grade: Gr. 2
Reading Applications: Literary Text
Standard Number: 1.  
Compare and contrast different variations of the same story.

Standard Number: 2.  
Describe characters and setting.

Standard Number: 3.  
Retell the plot of a story.

Standard Number: 4.  
Distinguish between stories, poems, plays, fairy tales and fables.

Standard Number: 5.  
Identify words from texts that appeal to the senses.

Standard Number: 6.  
Identify the theme of a text.

Grade: Gr. 3
Reading Applications: Literary Text
Standard Number: 1.  
Recognize and describe similarities and differences of plot across literary works.

Standard Number: 2.  
Recognize and describe similarities and differences of plot across literary works.

Standard Number: 3.  
Retell the plot sequence.

Standard Number: 4.  
Identify and explain the defining characteristics of literary forms and genres, including fairy tales, folk tales, poetry, fiction and non-fiction.

Standard Number: 5.  
Explain how an authorís choice of words appeals to the senses.

Standard Number: 6.  
Identify stated and implied themes.

Standard Number: 7.  
Describe methods authors use to influence readersí feelings and attitudes (e.g., appeal of characters in a picture book; use of figurative language).

Grade: Gr. 4
Reading Applications: Literary Text
Standard Number: 1.  
describe the thoughts, words and interactions of characters.

Standard Number: 2.  
Identify the influence of setting on the selection.

Standard Number: 3.  
Identify the main incidents of a plot sequence, identifying the major conflict and its resolution.

Standard Number: 4.  
Identify the speaker and recognize the difference between first- and third- person narration.

Standard Number: 5.  
Determin the theme and whether it is implied or stated directly.

Standard Number: 6.  
Identify and explain the defining characteristics of literary forms and genres, including poetry, drama, fables, fantasies, chapter books, fiction and non-fiction.

Standard Number: 7.   
Explain how an authorís choice of words appeals to the senses and suggests mood.

Standard Number: 8.  
Identify figurative language in literary works, including idioms, similes and metaphors.

Grade: Gr. 5
Reading Applications: Literary Text
Standard Number: 1.   
Explain how a characterís thoughts, words and actions reveal his or her motivations.

Standard Number: 2.   
Explain the influence of setting on the selection.

Standard Number: 3.   
Identify the main incidents of a plot sequence and explain how they influence future action.

Standard Number: 4.   
Identify the speaker and explain how point of view affects the text.

Standard Number: 5.   
Summarize stated and implied themes.

Standard Number: 6.   
Describe the defining characteristics of literary forms and genres, including poetry, drama, chapter books, biographies, fiction and non-fiction.

Standard Number: 7.   
Interpret how an authorís choice of words appeals to the senses and suggests mood.

Standard Number: 8.   
Identify and explain the use of figurative language in literary works, including idioms, similes, hyperboles, metaphors and personification.

Grade: Gr. 6
Reading Applications: Literary Text
Standard Number: 1.   
Analyze the techniques authors use to describe characters, including narrator or other charactersí point of view; characterís own thoughts, words or actions.

Standard Number: 2.   
Identify the features of setting and explain their importance in literary text.

Standard Number: 3.   
Identify the main and minor events of the plot, and explain how each incident gives rise to the next.

Standard Number: 4.   
Explain first, third and omniscient points of view, and explain how voice affects the text.

Standard Number: 5.   
Identify recurring themes, patterns and symbols found in literature from different eras and cultures.

Standard Number: 6.   
Explain the defining characteristics of literary forms and genres, including poetry, drama, myths, biographies, autobiographies, fiction and non-fiction.

Standard Number: 7.   
Distinguish how an author establishes mood and meaning through word choice, figurative language and syntax.

Grade: Gr. 7
Reading Applications: Literary Text
Standard Number: 1.   
Explain interactions and conflicts (e.g., character vs. self, nature or society) between main and minor characters in literary text and how the interactions affect the plot.

Standard Number: 2.   
Analyze the features of the setting and their importance in a text.

Standard Number: 3.   
Identify the main and minor events of the plot, and explain how each incident gives rise to the next.

Standard Number: 4.   
Identify and compare subjective and objective points of view and how they affect the overall body of a work.

Standard Number: 5.   
Identify recurring themes, patterns and symbols found in literature from different eras and cultures.

Standard Number: 6.   
Explain the defining characteristics of literary forms and genres, including poetry, drama, myths, biographies, autobiographies, science fiction, fiction and non-fiction.

Standard Number: 7.   
Interpret how mood or meaning is conveyed through word choice, figurative language and syntax.

Grade: Gr. 8
Reading Applications: Literary Text
Standard Number: 9.   
Distinguish the characteristics of consumer materials (e.g., warranties, product information, instructional materials), functional or workplace documents (e.g., job-related materials, memoranda, instructions) and public documents (e.g., speeches or newspaper editorials).

Standard Number: 1.   
Identify and explain various types of characters (e.g., flat, round dynamic, static) and how their interactions and conflicts affect the plot.

Standard Number: 2.   
Analyze the influence of setting in relation to other literary elements.

Standard Number: 3.   
Explain how authors pace action and use subplots, parallel episodes and climax.

Standard Number: 4.   
Compare and contrast different points of view (e.g., first person and third person limited, omniscient, objective and subjective), and explain how voice affects literary text.

Standard Number: 5.   
Identify and explain universal themes across different works by the same author and by different authors.

Standard Number: 6.   
Explain how an author's choice of genre affects the expression of theme or topic.

Standard Number: 7.   
Identify examples of foreshadowing and flashback in a literary text.

Standard Number: 8.   
Explain ways in the author conveys mood and tone through word choice, figurative language, and syntax.

Standard Number: 9.   
Examine symbols used in literary texts.

Grade: Gr. 9
Reading Applications: Literary Text
Standard Number: 1.  
Identify and explain an authorís use of direct and indirect characterization, and ways in which characters reveal traits about themselves, including dialect, dramatic monologues and soliloquies.

Standard Number: 2.   
Analyze the influence of setting in relation to other literary elements.

Standard Number: 3.   
Identify ways in which authors use conflicts, parallel plots and subplots in literary texts.

Standard Number: 4.   
Evaluate the point of view used in a literary text.

Standard Number: 5.   
Interpret universal themes across different works by the same author and different authors.

Standard Number: 6.   
Analyze how an authorís choice of genre affects the expression of a theme or topic.

Standard Number: 7.   
Explain how foreshadowing and flashback are used to shape plot in a literary text

Standard Number: 8.   
Define and identify types of irony, including verbal, situational and dramatic, used in literary texts.

Standard Number: 9.   
Analyze ways in which the author conveys mood and tone through word choice, figurative language and syntax.

Standard Number: 10.   
Explain how authors use symbols to create broader meanings.

Standard Number: 11.   
Identify sound devices, including alliteration, assonance, consonance and onomatopoeia, used in literary texts.

Grade: Gr. 10
Reading Applications ñ Literary Text
Standard Number: 1.  
Compare and contrast an authorís use of direct and indirect characterization, and ways in which characters reveal traits about themselves, including dialect, dramatic monologues and soliloquies.

Standard Number: 2.   
Analyze the features of setting and their importance in a literary text.

Standard Number: 3.   
Distinguish how conflicts, parallel plots and subplots affect the pacing of action in literary text.

Standard Number: 4.   
Interpret universal themes across different works by the same author or by different authors.

Standard Number: 5.   
Analyze how an authorís choice of genre affects the expression of a theme or topic.

Standard Number: 6.   
Explain how literary techniques, including foreshadowing and flashback, are used to shape the plot of a literary text.

Standard Number: 7.   
Recognize how irony is used in a literary text.

Standard Number: 8.   
Analyze the authorís use of point of view, mood and tone.

Standard Number: 9.   
Explain how authors use symbols to create broader meanings.

Standard Number: 10.   
Describe the effect of using sound devices in literary texts (e.g., to create rhythm, to appeal to the senses or to establish mood).

Standard Number: 11.   
Explain ways in which an author develops a point of view and style (e.g., figurative language, sentence structure and tone), and cite specific examples from the text.


Grade: Gr. 11
Reading Applications: Literary Text
Standard Number: 1.   
Compare and contrast motivations and reactions of literary characters confronting similar conflicts (e.g., individual vs. nature, freedom vs. responsibility, individual vs. society), using specific examples of charactersí thoughts, words and actions.

Standard Number: 2.   
Analyze the historical, social and cultural context of setting.

Standard Number: 3.   
Explain how voice and narrator affect the characterization, plot and credibility.

Standard Number: 4.   
Evaluate the authorís use of point of view in a literary text.

Standard Number: 5.   
Analyze variations of universal themes in literary texts.

Standard Number: 6.   
Recognize characteristics of subgenres, including satire, parody and allegory, and explain how choice of genre affects the expression of a theme or topic.

Standard Number: 7.   
Analyze the characteristics of various literary periods and how the issues influenced the writers of those periods.

Standard Number: 8.   
Evaluate ways authors develop point of view and style to achieve specific rhetorical and aesthetic purposes (e.g., through use of figurative language irony, tone, diction, imagery, symbolism and sounds of language), citing specific examples from text to support analysis.

Grade: Gr. 12
Reading Applications: Literary Text
Standard Number: 1.   
Compare and contrast motivations and reactions of literary characters confronting similar conflicts (e.g., individual vs. nature, freedom vs. responsibility, individual vs. society), using specific examples of charactersí thoughts, words and actions.

Standard Number: 2.   
Analyze the historical, social and cultural context of setting.

Standard Number: 3.   
Explain how voice and narrator affect the characterization, plot and credibility.

Standard Number: 4.   
Evaluate an authorís use of point of view in a literary text.

Standard Number: 5.   
Analyze variations of universal themes in literary texts.

Standard Number: 6.   
Recognize and differentiate characteristics of subgenres, including satire, parody and allegory, and explain how choice of genre affects the expression of theme or topic.

Standard Number: 7.   
Compare and contrast varying characteristics of American, British, world and multi-cultural literature.

Standard Number: 8.   
Evaluate ways authors develop point of view and style to achieve specific rhetorical and aesthetic purposes (e.g., through use of figurative language irony, tone, diction, imagery, symbolism and sounds of language), citing specific examples from text to support analysis.