Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

This standard is basically a refinement of the skills students should have begun to work on in fourth grade, except instead of more general examples students now have to quote specifically as they explain what they think about a text. The difference between fifth graders and sixth graders is the complexity of their analysis—fifth graders may only use one quote when explaining an idea from a text, while sixth graders are expected to use multiple quotes when explaining one idea.