Make complex inferences from the structure and content of a text, including comparison and contrast, problem and solution, cause and effect, and substantiated and unsubstantiated claims and evidence, to draw logical conclusions about the author’s
perspective.
Arizona Academic Standards:
8.RL.5
Common Core State Standards:
Literacy.RL.8.5
Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE):
ELAGSE8RL5
Tennessee Academic Standards:
8.RL.CS.5
Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards:
8R5
In literary texts, and informational texts, compare and contrast the structures of two or more texts in order to analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to overall meaning, style, theme, or central idea. (RI&RL)
Wisconsin Academic Standards:
R.8.5
In literary and informational texts, compare and contrast the structures of two or more texts in order to analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to overall meaning, style, theme, or central idea. (RI&RL)
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.3.8.E
Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
E08.A-C.2.1.2
Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts, and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
8th Grade Reading - Text Structure in Literature Lesson
Compare and Contrast Literature
The reader can compare and contrast passages from the same genre or different genres. Analyzing the similarities and differences of the passages can help the reader have a broader understanding of literature.
Elements
Some literary elements are common across different genres.
Examples:
Plot and events as well as characters are common in narrative poem and a story or a play
a similar theme may be common in passages of different genres
Structure
The text structure of a passage is effective for a specific purpose.
Examples: Rhymes and rhythm help express emotions in a lyrical poem
stage directions show the characters how to act out their parts
having a fast-paced plot shows a story’s action and events