Standard #: LAFS.4.RL.2.5 (Archived Standard)

Test Item Specifications

Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: TM , EBSR , MC item(s)
N/A


Assessment Limits :
Items may ask the student to refer to structural elements when contrasting different types of literary texts. Items should ask about specific text sets and should not ask about only one type of literary text.
Text Types :
The items assessing this standard may be used with two or more grade-appropriate literary texts. Texts may vary in complexity.
Response Mechanisms :
The Enhanced Item Descriptions section on page 3 provides a list of Response Mechanisms that may be used to assess this standard (excluding the Editing Task Choice item type). The Sample Response Mechanisms may include, but are not limited to, the examples below.
Task Demand and Sample Response Mechanisms :

Task Demand
Contrast two or more literary texts to analyze how their structural elements make them different.
Sample Response Mechanisms
EBSR 
• Requires the student to select a description of the difference or differences between two or more texts and then to select words or phrases from the text that show the difference from another text. 
Multiple Choice
• Requires the student to select a description of the difference or differences between the structures of two or more texts. 
Table Match
• Requires the student to complete a table that contrasts structural elements of stories, plays, or poems.