TEKS: Chapter 110. English Language Arts and Reading See All Teacher Resources

110.59.b.4

(4) Analysis. The student analyzes the chosen text to assess its implications for adaptation, interpretation, and performance. The student is expected to:

  • (A) identify and analyze the literary form or genre;
  • (B) identify and analyze structural elements in the chosen text;
  • (C) identify and analyze the narrative voice and/or other speakers such as personae in the literature;
  • (D) identify and analyze the time, place, and atmosphere;
  • (E) analyze the shifts or transitions in speaker, time, and place to determine who is speaking, to whom they are speaking, where they are speaking, when they are speaking, and for what reason they are speaking;
  • (F) analyze individual units such as paragraphs, verses, sentences, and lines for meaning and specificity;
  • (G) identify descriptive phrases, figures of speech, stylistic devices, and word choices to analyze the imagery in the text;
  • (H) trace the emotional progression of the text; and
  • (I) recognize literal and symbolic meanings, universal themes, or unique aspects of the text.