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Categories:: 1.3.11. Reading, Analyzing and Interpreting Literature
Statements:
A. Read and understand works of literature.
B. Analyze the relationships, uses and effectiveness of literary elements used by one or more authors in similar genres including characterization, setting, plot, theme, point of view, tone and style.
D. Analyze and evaluate in poetry the appropriateness of diction and figurative language (e.g., irony, understatement, overstatement, paradox).
E. Analyze how a scriptwriter's use of words creates tone and mood, and how choice of words advances the theme or purpose of the work.
F. Read and respond to nonfiction and fiction including poetry and drama.
C. Analyze the effectiveness, in terms of literary quality, of the author's use of literary devices.