RL7.4 - Analyze the meaning of words and phrases in text including figurative, connotative, and technical words, and evaluate its effect on meaning and tone.

R.L.7.2 - Evaluate themes of a text and analyze their development over the course of a text while providing a comprehensive, objective summary of a text.

R.L.8.10 & R.I.8.10 - Proficient and independently read and comprehend informational texts and literary nonfiction in a text appropriate to grade 8. 

RI.02  Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.

RL.8.05   students will be able to analyze the effect of structure and elements such as punctuation and line length in poems across a variety of poetic forms.
R.L.8.2 - Determine two or more themes of a story, evaluate how they are developed and provide a comprehensive summary of the text

R.L.8.3 - Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness that dialogue and incidents in a story have on the plot, characters, and decisions made by the characters.

8.RL.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.