(1) A graduating student at the advanced level of literature demonstrates superior performance. He/she:

(a) accurately and completely comprehends material at both literal and figurative levels;

(b) seeks out increasingly complex and diverse material;

(c) develops and defends multiple analytic and interpretive responses to those works;

(d) demonstrates the inquiry process through the articulation of greater insight and higher level skills;

(e) connects prior literary experiences to purposeful selection and evaluation of material based on reliability, authenticity, and literary merit; and

(f) experiments with a range of original and sophisticated ways to communicate independently designed responses to a variety of literary works.