Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature [...]

Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, [...]

Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., [...]

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including [...]

Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course [...]

Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development [...]

By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, [...]

Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly [...]