C3.1

analyze literary devices, including allusion, analogy, juxtaposition, and flashback, in a variety of texts, and explain how they help create meaning and are appropriate for the intended purpose and audience

C3.2

make local and global inferences, using explicit and implicit evidence, to explain and support their interpretations about various complex texts

C3.3

analyze complex texts, including literary and informational texts, by assessing the credibility, reliability, and significance of information and formulating conclusions

C3.4

analyze cultural elements that are represented in various texts, including, norms, values, social hierarchy, past times, language, and taboos, by investigating the meanings of these elements, making connections to their lived experience and culture, and considering how the inclusion of these elements contributes to the meaning of the text

C3.5

analyze explicit and implicit perspectives communicated in various texts, evaluate any evidence that could show bias in these perspectives, and suggest ways to avoid any such bias

C3.6

explain how various topics, such as diversity, inclusion, and accessibility, are addressed in texts, respond to the insights and messages conveyed, and different positions presented

C3.7

compare the ways in which historical periods, cultural experiences, and/or socio-political conditions and events have influenced two or more texts created by First Nations, Métis, and Inuit individuals, communities, groups, or nations, and how they relate to current lived experiences

C3.8

assess the effectiveness of the critical thinking skills they used when analyzing and evaluating various texts, and set goals to improve their use