Common Core ELA · Grade 8 · Reading — Literature
RL.8.2
Grade 8 Reading — Literature
What RL.8.2 says
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
- Grade
- Grade 8
- Domain
- RL — Reading — Literature
- Full code
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.2
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RL.8.2 — common questions
What is RL.8.2?
RL.8.2 is a Grade 8 Common Core ELA standard in the Reading — Literature domain. It reads: “Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.”
What grade is RL.8.2?
RL.8.2 is a Grade 8 standard. The number straight after the domain letters is the grade, so the “8” in RL.8.2 means Grade 8.
What does the code RL.8.2 stand for?
Read it left to right: 8 is the grade, RL is the domain (Reading — Literature), and the last number is the standard within that domain. The full identifier is CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.2.