Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details

1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

2. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the

text; provide an objective summary of the text.

Theme Lessons

Teaching Summary

Theme and Supporting Evidence Vocabulary
explicit
implied
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3. Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the

characters or plot).






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