LAFS.8.RL.2.6Archived Standard

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Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.
General Information
Subject Area: English Language Arts
Grade: 8
Strand: Reading Standards for Literature
Idea: Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning
Cluster: Craft and Structure
Date Adopted or Revised: 12/10
Content Complexity Rating: Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning - More Information
Date of Last Rating: 02/14
Status: State Board Approved - Archived
Assessed: Yes
Test Item Specifications
  • Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: TM , MS , MC , SHT item(s)

  • Assessment Limits :
    Items should not simply ask the student to identify points of view but should focus on how they affect the tone of the text. Items should ask about the interactions of multiple points of view. Items may focus on what the audience knows that the character doesn’t know, or what the character knows that the audience doesn’t know.
  • Text Types :
    Items assessing this standard may be used with one or more grade-appropriate literary texts. Texts may vary in complexity.
  • Response Mechanisms :
    The Technology-Enhanced Item Descriptions section on pages 3 and 4 provides a list of Response Mechanisms that may be used to assess this standard (excluding the Editing Task Choice and Editing Task item types). The Sample Response Mechanisms may include, but are not limited to, the examples below.
  • Task Demand and Sample Response Mechanisms :

    Task Demand

    Analyze how different points of view of the characters and the audience or reader create different effects.

    Sample Response Mechanisms

    Multiple Choice

    • Requires the student to select an analysis about how a difference in points of view affects the text. 
    • Requires the student to select explicit or implicit details that support an inference about how a difference in points of view affects the text. 

    Multiselect

    • Requires the student to select multiple explicit or implicit details that support an inference about how a difference in points of view affects the text. 

    Selectable Hot Text

    • Requires the student to determine a difference between two points of view and then select an analysis about how the difference in points of view affects the text. 

    Table Match

    • Requires the student to complete a table by matching differences in characters’ and the audience’s points of view to effects they create, such as suspense and humor.

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Related Access Points

Alternate version of this benchmark for students with significant cognitive disabilities.

Related Resources

Vetted resources educators can use to teach the concepts and skills in this benchmark.

Original Student Tutorial

Abraham the Amazing:

Learn about dramatic irony and its impact within a story. In this interactive tutorial, you'll read excerpts of a story about Abraham the circus elephant. You'll read about Abraham's unexpected adventure as you examine the effects of dramatic irony within the text.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Original Student Tutorials for Language Arts - Grades 6-12

Abraham the Amazing:

Learn about dramatic irony and its impact within a story. In this interactive tutorial, you'll read excerpts of a story about Abraham the circus elephant. You'll read about Abraham's unexpected adventure as you examine the effects of dramatic irony within the text.

Student Resources

Vetted resources students can use to learn the concepts and skills in this benchmark.

Original Student Tutorial

Abraham the Amazing:

Learn about dramatic irony and its impact within a story. In this interactive tutorial, you'll read excerpts of a story about Abraham the circus elephant. You'll read about Abraham's unexpected adventure as you examine the effects of dramatic irony within the text.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Parent Resources

Vetted resources caregivers can use to help students learn the concepts and skills in this benchmark.