RL.4.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including but not limited to figurative language such as metaphors and similes, and describe and explain how those words and phrases shape meaning.  

RL.4.5 Analyze the overall structure, in a text or part of the text, the author uses in poems, stories and dramas, including but not limited to linear, nonlinear and circular structures. 

RL.4.6 Compare/contrast the point of view of first and third person narrators and the effect they have on the reader. 

RL.4.7 Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation, including making connections with what they “see” and “hear” when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch.  

RL.4.9 Compare/contrast themes, topics and patterns of events in stories, myths and traditional literature from different cultures.