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

(a) use prior experience to select materials and articulate purposes for selection (e.g., learn, enjoy, persuade, exchange information) ;

(b) develop and apply criteria to evaluate the reliability, authenticity, and literary merit of information conveyed in a literary work; and

(c) recognize literary works as vehicles for acquiring new information, responding to social and workplace needs, and discovering and gaining personal fulfillment.