(1) The benchmark for communication arts literature content standard 3 for a student upon graduation is the ability to:

(a) analyze the ways in which authors develop literary elements (setting, plot, character, conflict, point of view, mood, tone, theme) to impact works and readers;

(b) evaluate how diction, figurative language, imagery, detail, organization, and style shape meaning and impact works and readers;

(c) analyze and define the characteristics of literary genres and evaluate the effect of genres on readers;

(d) evaluate how literature reflects a society, including literature by and about Montana American Indians;

(e) analyze diverse literature to compare common human experiences among time periods, literary movements, places, and cultures, including Montana American Indians; and

(f) create and support critical and emotive responses to ideas and feelings generated as a result of engaging with literature.