Literary
Response and Analysis– Students respond to stories based on well-know
characters, themes, plots, and settings
The main difference in items at higher RIT levels is
in sentence and passage length, complexity of detail and content, and
difficulty of vocabulary
Skills
and Concepts
RIT Scores between 151 and 160
Literary
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Infer the setting of a simple story by noting details
that tell time or place
New Vocabulary: story
RIT Scores between 161 and 170
Literary
·
Determine the author’s purpose for simple forms of
writing
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Determine the mood or tone of a simple passage
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Identify the problem in a story
·
Determine how a problem was solved
Inference
·
Infer actions, characteristics, emotions, or qualities
of characters
New Vocabulary: passage, sentence, problem, sign,
list, poem, fairy tale
RIT Scores between 171 and 180
Literary
- Determine
how an author’s words or techniques influence the reader’s feelings
- Determine
the author’s purpose for writing in a 50-75 word selection
- Identify
characters in a simple story
- Determine
the mood or tone of a 50-75 word passage
- Identify
the basic form of writing/genre selection
- Identify
the format of poetry
- Identify
the rhyming characteristics of poetry
- Infer
the character’s emotions
- Infer
the setting by noting specific details
Inference
·
Infer characteristics and qualities of main characters
Problem Resolution
- Identify
the problem in a story
- Determine
an appropriate resolution to a problem
Compare-contrast
- Compare
and/or contrast people in a passage
- Compare
and/or contrast events and details of a story
New Vocabulary: describe, missing word, paragraph,
author’s purpose, ad, letter, fable, report
RIT
Scores between 181 and 190
Literary
- Determine
author’s point of view
- Determine
point of view of main characters
- Determine
main characters and quality of each character
- Determine
how author develops characters through word choice and story sequence
- Determine
word choice that develops mood
- Organization
of paragraph by location, main idea, and sequence of events
- Recognize
personal note writing
- Distinguish
between fantasy and realistic fiction
- Identify
realistic fiction
- Read
for details in folk tales
- Distinguish
between descriptive and realistic writing
- Understand
the characteristics of legends and myths
- Understand
poem structure
- Understand
the meaning of a metaphor used in a story
- Identify
use of simile in a writing, not by name
- Identify
problem and its resolution
- Identify
setting—where, and when
- Identify
theme or moral in a multi-paragraph passage
Inference
·
Make inferences from a variety of personal narratives
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Make inferences from a fable
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Make inferences about characters in a variety of
literature
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Infer who is the narrator
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Make inferences from poetry
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Make inferences from riddles
Problem Resolution
- Identify
how to resolve problem
Compare-contrast
- Compare
and contrast characters, both major and minor characters
New Vocabulary: theme, action, setting, predict,
author, solve, purpose, make-believe, mood, point of view, tone, moral,
character, legend, fantasy, diary, note
RIT Scores between 191 and 200
Literary
- Use
imagery, humor, rhymes to develop interest
- Use
first person and word choice to hold reader’s attention
- Use
of devices by author such as word choice to create mood
- Determine
author’s strategy for creating the piece of writing
- Determine
point of view of various characters
- Draw
complex conclusions about characters
- Infer
how author developed characters through word choice, story sequence
- Determine
word choice to develop mood and voice
- Recognize
personal narrative
- Distinguish
between fiction and nonfiction writing
- Analyze
and gain understanding of legends
- Recognize
elements of foreshadowing
- Understand
meaning of idiom used in the story
- Identify
realistic elements vs. nonrealistic parts in a story
- Identify
an onomatopoeia element in the story
- Identify
the problem and the resolution within a long passage
- Identify
setting—where, when, from the descriptors within the passage
- Identify
major and minor themes of the passage
- Identify
humor and reason for its use
Inference
·
Make inferences from personal narratives within the
context of the story
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Make inferences about directionality
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Make inferences about characters from a variety of
literature
·
Infer who is narrator by the descriptors of the story
·
Make inferences from different types of poetry
New Vocabulary: fiction, subject, event, conflict,
appeal, narrator, main point, main character, detail, solution, short story,
folktale
RIT Scores between 201 and 210
Literary
- Use
devices such as humor, exaggeration, word choice to create mood
- Use
devices by the author such as word choice and complex descriptors
- Determine
the complex point of view of the author or characters through character
descriptions
- Infer
how author develops characters through story sequence
- Infer
the story structure as a literary device
- Determine
purpose of dialogue
- Recognize
newspaper writing, and personal note writing
- Identify
historical fiction
- Distinguish
between fiction and nonfiction writing in lengthy passages
- Identify
realistic fiction
- Determine
purpose of lengthy folk tales
- Understand
the content of poems with figurative language
- Recognize
elements of a fable
- Recognize
the use of suspense to get the reader’s interest
- Understand
meaning of idioms used in the story
- Understand
the imagery in the writing
- Understand
and explain the meaning of metaphors used in the story
- Understand
the meaning of symbolism in stories
- Identify
the problem and articulate the resolution
- Identify
main conflict
- Identify
exaggeration
Inference
·
Make inferences about a character type within a variety
of literature
Problem Resolution
- Identify
a complex problem and list possible resolutions
New Vocabulary: application, opinion, plot,
exaggeration, speaker, science fiction, personal narrative, autobiography,
historical fiction, non-fiction, mythology
RIT Scores between 211 and 220
Literary
- Use
figurative language, sequence of events, word choice, suspense, imagery
that creates complex interest
- Describe
complex character descriptions
- Determine
how author develops character traits through inference
- Use
descriptive dialogue to develop tone
- Use
the story structure as a literary device
- Recognize
dialogue that provides a variety of purposes and information
- Recognize
autobiographical writing
- Use
writing as a rule for giving directions
- Understand
form and general characteristics of folk tales
- Identify
vivid and descriptive writing
- Understand
the structure of poetry by its rhyme and length of lines
- Recognize
science fiction
- Recognize
a book review
- Recognize
foreshadowing as a literary device in writing
- Find
a figure of speech and explain
- Understand
the author’s purpose in use of similes
- Understand
the meaning of symbolism in stories
- Identify
exaggeration and understand its impact on story line
Problem Resolution
- Understand
complex problems and develop one or more solutions
New Vocabulary: intent, irony, suspense, simile,
figure of speech, dialogue, metaphor
RIT Scores above 221
Items include same skills and content as above with more
difficult vocabulary and extended thinking.
New Vocabulary: personification, alliteration, method
of characterization, flashback, literary device, narration, exposition, memoir