Feature Slightly Complex Moderately Complex Very Complex Exceedingly Complex subject- specific, or overly LANGUAGE Sentence Structure: academic; may be CLARITY AND Sentence Structure: Uses Uses primarily simple and ambiguous or purposefully CONVENTIONS Sentence Structure: Uses mainly simple sentences. compound sentences, with misleading. (continued) many complex sentences, some complex constructions. with several subordinate Vocabulary: Words are Sentence Structure: Uses phrases or clauses and Vocabulary: mostly contemporary, mainly complex sentences, Vocabulary: Words are transition words. are contemporary, familiar, and with several subordinate fairly complex and familiar, and conversational; rarely clauses or phrases and sometimes unfamiliar, conversational. Vocabulary: Words are overly academic. transition words; sentences archaic, subject- specific, or complex and generally often contain multiple overly academic. unfamiliar, archaic, concepts. abstraction; experiences Explores complex, KNOWLEDGE portrayed are uncommon to sophisticated, or abstract DEMANDS most readers. themes; experiences Intertextuality: Includes Intertextuality: Includes portrayed are distinctly Life Experiences: no reference or allusion to few references or allusions to different from those of most Explores a single other texts or outside ideas, other texts or outside ideas, Intertextuality: Includes readers. theme; experiences theories, etc. theories, etc. some references or allusions portrayed are to other texts or outside ideas, Intertextuality: Includes everyday and Life Experiences: theories, etc. many references or allusions Life Experiences: common to most Explores several themes; to texts or outside ideas, Explores themes of varying readers. experiences portrayed are theories, etc. levels of complexity or Life Experiences: common to many readers. may be conveyed with some separate; is implicit or to identify, separate, and MEANING Meaning: Has one level of subtlety. subtle and may be revealed interpret; theme is implicit or meaning; theme is obvious over the entirety of the text. subtle, often ambiguous and and revealed early in the text. revealed over the entirety of Meaning: Has multiple the text. levels of meaning that Has multiple Meaning: Meaning: Has multiple levels of meaning clearly may be difficult to identify competing levels of distinguished from each other; theme is clear but or meaning that are difficult 12 Adapted for TCSG Education from College and Career Readiness Standards-in-Action | |
Feature Slightly Complex Moderately Complex Very Complex Exceedingly Complex LANGUAGE CLARITY AND CONVENTIONS (continued) Vocabulary: are contemporary, familiar, and conversational. Sentence Structure: Uses mainly simple sentences. Vocabulary: Words are mostly contemporary, familiar, and conversational; rarely overly academic. Sentence Structure: Uses primarily simple and compound sentences, with some complex constructions. Vocabulary: Words are fairly complex and sometimes unfamiliar, archaic, subject- specific, or overly academic. Sentence Structure: Uses many complex sentences, with several subordinate phrases or clauses and transition words. Vocabulary: Words are complex and generally unfamiliar, archaic, subject- specific, or overly academic; may be ambiguous or purposefully misleading. Sentence Structure: Uses mainly complex sentences, with several subordinate clauses or phrases and transition words; sentences often contain multiple concepts. KNOWLEDGE DEMANDS Life Experiences: Explores a single theme; experiences portrayed are everyday and common to most readers. Intertextuality: Includes no reference or allusion to other texts or outside ideas, theories, etc. Life Experiences: Explores several themes; experiences portrayed are common to many readers. Intertextuality: Includes few references or allusions to other texts or outside ideas, theories, etc. Life Experiences: Explores themes of varying levels of complexity or abstraction; experiences portrayed are uncommon to most readers. Intertextuality: Includes some references or allusions to other texts or outside ideas, theories, etc. Life Experiences: Explores complex, sophisticated, or abstract themes; experiences portrayed are distinctly different from those of most readers. Intertextuality: Includes many references or allusions to texts or outside ideas, theories, etc. MEANING Meaning: Has one level of meaning; theme is obvious and revealed early in the text. Meaning: Has multiple levels of meaning clearly distinguished from each other; theme is clear but may be conveyed with some subtlety. Meaning: Has multiple levels of meaning that may be difficult to identify or separate; is implicit or subtle and may be revealed over the entirety of the text. Meaning: Has multiple competing levels of meaning that are difficult to identify, separate, and interpret; theme is implicit or subtle, often ambiguous and revealed over the entirety of the text. Adapted for TCSG Education from College and Career Readiness Standards-in-Action | 12 |
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