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FCAT CATEGORIES AND CONTENT FOCUS Reading Initial Re-
Benchmarks Grades 9–10/ Retakes teach

Content Focus
Reporting Category 1: Vocabulary 20%
LA.910.1. The student will use context clues to determine *Context Clues
63 meanings of unfamiliar words.
LA.910.1. The student will identify and understand the meaning
Analyze Word Structure
6.7 of conceptually advanced prefixes, suffixes, and root
(e.g., affixes, root words)
words. Also assesses LA.910.1.6.11 The student will
• Analyze Words/Phrases
identify the meaning of words and phrases from other
Derived from Latin, Greek,
languages commonly used by writers of English (e.g.,
or Other Languages
ad hoc, post facto, RSVP).
LA.910.1. The student will identify advanced word/phrase • Analyze Words/Text •
68 relationships and their meanings. Word Relationships
LA.910.1. The student will determine the correct meaning of
• Multiple Meanings
69 words with multiple meanings in context.
Reporting Category 2: Reading Application 25% • Author’s Purpose
(within/across texts) •
LA.910.1. The student will analyze the author’s purpose and/or
Author’s Perspective
perspective in a variety of text and understand how
72 (within/across texts)
they affect meaning.
Author’s Bias
(within/across texts)
LA.910.1. The student will determine the main idea or essential • Main Idea (stated or
message in grade-level or higher texts through implied)
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inferring, paraphrasing, summarizing, and identifying •Summary Statement
relevant details. Relevant Details
Conclusions/ Inferences
Predictions
LA.910.1. The student will identify cause-and-effect
• Cause and Effect
74 relationships in text.
LA.910.1. The student will analyze a variety of text structures • Text Structures/
(e.g., comparison/contrast, cause/effect, chronological Organizational Patterns
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order, argument/support, lists) and text features (e.g., comparison/ contrast,
(main headings with subheadings) and explain their cause/effect, chronological
impact on meaning in text. order, argument/ support
question/answer, listing
description, listing)
LA.910.1. The student will compare and contrast elements in • Compare (similarities
multiple texts. within/across texts) •
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Contrast (differences
within/across texts)
Category 3: Literary Analysis—
Content Focus
Fiction/Nonfiction 25%
LA.910.2. The student will analyze and develop an interpretation • Theme • Character
of a literary work by describing an authors use of Development • Character
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literary elements (e.g., theme, point of view, Point of View • Character
characterization, setting, plot), and explain and Point of View Setting • Plot
analyze different elements of figurative language Development (e.g.,
(e.g., simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, foreshadowing, flashback) •
symbolism, allusion, imagery). Conflict • Resolution
LA.910.2. The student will analyze, interpret, and evaluate an • Descriptive Language
author’s use of descriptive language (e.g., tone, irony, (e.g., tone, irony, mood,
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mood, imagery, pun, alliteration, onomatopoeia, imagery, alliteration,
allusion), figurative language (e.g., symbolism, onomatopoeia, allusion,
metaphor, personification, hyperbole), common satire) • Figurative
idioms, and mythological and literary allusions, and Language (e.g., simile,
explain how they impact meaning in a variety of texts. metaphor, symbolism,
personification, hyperbole,
pun)
LA.910.2. The student will analyze and evaluate information • Text Features (e.g., titles,
from text features (e.g., transitional devices, table of subtitles, headings, text
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contents, glossary, index, bold or italicized text, boxes, subheadings, charts,
headings, charts and graphs, illustrations, graphs, illustrations, maps,
subheadings). diagrams, information
found in captions, stanzas,
bold/italicized text)
Category 4: Informational Text/Research
Process 30%
Content Focus
LA.910.6. The student will explain how text features (e.g., • Text Features (e.g.,
charts, maps, diagrams, sub-headings, captions, headings, text boxes,
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illustrations, graphs) aid the reader’s subheadings, titles,
subtitles, charts, maps,
understanding.
diagrams, captions,
illustrations, graphs, bold or
italicized text)
LA.910.6. The student will organize, synthesize, analyze, • Synthesize Information
and evaluate the validity and reliability of (within/across texts) •
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information from multiple sources (including Analyze and Evaluate
Information (within/across
primary and secondary sources) to draw
texts) • Determine the
conclusions using a variety of techniques, and Validity and Reliability of
correctly use standardized citations. Information (within/across
texts)