Standard #: LAFS.3.RL.2.6 (Archived Standard)

Test Item Specifications

Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: TM , EBSR , ST , MC item(s)
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Assessment Limits :
Items may ask the student to evaluate the point of view of the narrator or the characters in a text. Items should not ask the student to identify the narrator in a text in isolation. Instead, items should ask the student to provide support for the identification of the narrator. Items should not ask the student to identify first and third person point of view
Text Types :
The items assessing this standard may be used with one or more grade-appropriate literary texts. Texts may vary in complexity.
Response Mechanisms :
The Enhanced Item Descriptions section on page 3 provides a list of Response Mechanisms that may be used to assess this standard (excluding the Editing Task Choice item type). The Sample Response Mechanisms may include, but are not limited to, the examples below.
Task Demand and Sample Response Mechanisms :

Task Demand
Identify and evaluate the narrator or character’s point of view in the text.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Multiple Choice
• Requires the student to identify and evaluate the narrator or a character’s point of view of a text.
Selectable Text 
• Requires the student to identify evidence from the text that illustrates the narrator’s or a character’s point of view. 
EBSR 
• Requires the student to identify the narrator of the passage and then to select evidence from the text to support the answer. 
Table Match
• Requires the student to complete a table by matching characters with descriptions of their points of view.