English Language Arts and Reading

Literary Genres

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2017

26 standards
  • The student builds an extensive vocabulary through reading and systematic word study (1)
    • LG.ELAR.1.A

      Expand vocabulary through wide reading, listening, and discussion.

    • LG.ELAR.1.B

      Investigate word origins as an aid to understanding meanings, derivations, and spellings as well as influences on the English language.

    • LG.ELAR.1.C

      Discriminate between connotative and denotative meanings and interpret the connotative power of words.

  • The student analyzes fictional and poetic elements focusing on how they combine to contribute meaning in literary texts (2)
    • LG.ELAR.2.A

      Compare and contrast varying aspects of texts such as themes, conflicts, and allusions.

    • LG.ELAR.2.B

      Propose and provide examples of themes that cross texts.

    • LG.ELAR.2.C

      Connect literature to historical context, current events, and his/her own experiences.

    • LG.ELAR.2.D

      Analyze relevance of setting and time frame to text's meaning.

    • LG.ELAR.2.E

      Identify basic conflicts.

    • LG.ELAR.2.F

      Describe the development of plot and how conflicts are addressed and resolved.

    • LG.ELAR.2.G

      Analyze characters' traits, motivations, changes, and stereotypical features.

    • LG.ELAR.2.H

      Describe how irony, tone, mood, style, and sound of language contribute to the effect of the text.

    • LG.ELAR.2.I

      Determine and explain purposes and effects of figurative language, particularly symbolic and metaphoric.

    • LG.ELAR.2.J

      Identify and analyze text structures.

    • LG.ELAR.2.K

      Recognize archetypes, motifs, and symbols across texts.

    • LG.ELAR.2.L

      Analyze distinctive features of text genre such as biography, historical fiction, science fiction, political writing, fantasy fiction, short story, dramatic literature, or poetry.

    • LG.ELAR.2.M

      Identify how authors create suspense.

    • LG.ELAR.2.N

      Tell how points of view affect tone, characterization, and credibility.

  • The student reads critically to evaluate texts and the authority of sources (3)
    • LG.ELAR.3.A

      Analyze the characteristics of well-constructed texts.

    • LG.ELAR.3.B

      Describe how a writer's point of view may affect text credibility, structure, or tone.

    • LG.ELAR.3.C

      Analyze aspects of texts such as patterns of organization and choice of language for their effect on audiences.

    • LG.ELAR.3.D

      Examine strategies that writers in different fields use to compose.

  • The student reads to increase knowledge of his/her own culture, the culture of others, and the common elements of cultures (4)
    • LG.ELAR.4.A

      Compare text events with personal and other readers' experiences.

    • LG.ELAR.4.B

      Recognize and discuss themes and connections that cross cultures.

    • LG.ELAR.4.C

      Recognize how writers represent and reveal their cultures and traditions in texts.

  • The student uses writing as a tool for learning and researching literary genres (5)
    • LG.ELAR.5.A

      Use writing to discover, record, review, and learn.

    • LG.ELAR.5.B

      Link related information and ideas from a variety of sources.