Template:K-12 Standards/Language Arts/Range of text types/6-12

Range, quality, and complexity

CCSS.ELA-Literacy (Range): Students in grades 6–12 apply the Reading standards to the following range of text types, with texts selected from a broad range of cultures and periods.

= Literature =

Stories

 * CCSS.ELA-Literacy (Range): Includes the subgenres of adventure stories, historical fiction, mysteries, myths, science fiction, realistic fiction, allegories, parodies, satire, and graphic novels

Dramas

 * CCSS.ELA-Literacy (Range): Includes one-act and multi-act plays, both in written form and on film

Poetry

 * CCSS.ELA-Literacy (Range): Includes the subgenres of narrative poems, lyrical poems, free verse poems, sonnets, odes, ballads, and epics

= Informational Text =

Literary Nonfiction and Historical, Scientific, and Technical Texts

 * CCSS.ELA-Literacy (Range): Includes the subgenres of exposition, argument, and functional text in the form of personal essays, speeches, opinion pieces, essays about art or literature, biographies, memoirs, journalism, and historical, scientific, technical, or economic accounts (including digital sources) written for a broad audience