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Ohio Graduation Test Reading Standards DETAIL      
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Summary - OGT
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Literary Text - OGT
Informational Text - OGT
     
Reading Applications:  Literary Text        
           
8-10 Benchmark A        
Analyze interactions between characters in literary text and how the interactions affect the plot.      
           
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  Grade 10 Indicator 1 - Compare and contrast an author’s use of direct and indirect characterization, and ways in which characters reveal traits about themselves, including dialect, dramatic monologues and soliloquies. *Why was a character …                                                 
*How did character change point of view
*Describe how the character showed…
*How did the character show…
*Explain how…
*Using 4 references from the passage, describe…
*What does the reader learn from ____?
*Which statement characterizes ___?
*How does ___ feel about ___?
*How did ___ affect character's behavior?
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8-10 Benchmark B        
Explain and analyze how the context of setting and the author's choice of point of view impact a literary text.      
           
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  Grade 10 Indicator 2 - Analyze the features of setting and their importance in a literary text.        
           
  Grade 10 Indicator 8 - Analyze the author’s use of point of view, mood and tone. *The narrator looks back with…(mood/tone) 1    
           
8-10 Benchmark C        
Identify the structural elements of the plot and explain how an author develops conflicts and plot to pace the events in literary text.      
           
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  Grade 10 Indicator 3 - Distinguish how conflicts, parallel plots and subplots affect the pacing of action in literary text. *Choose main contrast
*The main conflict is ___.
*Explain importance of conflict to plot.  Support from text.
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8-10 Benchmark D        
Identify similar recurring themes across different works.        
           
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  Grade 10 Indicator 4 - Interpret universal themes across different works by the same author or by different authors. *Infer theme 1    
           
8-10 Benchmark E        
Analyze the use of a genre to express a theme or topic.        
           
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  Grade 10 Indicator 5 - Analyze how an author’s choice of genre affects the expression of a theme or topic. *What is a plausible theme?   1  
           
8-10 Benchmark F        
Identify and analyze how an author uses figurative language, sound devices and literary techniques to shape plot, set meaning….      
           
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  Grade 10 Indicator 6 - Explain how literary techniques, including foreshadowing and flashback, are used to shape the plot of a literary text.        
           
  Grade 10 Indicator 7 - Recognize how irony is used in a literary text. *Tell an example of irony 1    
           
  Grade 10 Indicator 10 - Describe the effect of using sound devices in literary texts (e.g., to create rhythm, to appeal to the senses or to establish mood).        
           
  Grade 10 Indicator 11 - Explain ways in which an author develops a point of view and style (e.g., figurative language, sentence structure and tone), and cite specific examples from the text. *Explain metaphor…
*Which statement helps the reader understand ___?
*Why does the speaker use the phrase ___ to describe?
*Explain what the speaker means.  Support with examples.
*___ can be viewed as a metaphor for ___.
*What does "figurative language" mean?
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8-10 Benchmark G        
Explain techniques used by authors to develop style.