Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (6) 41 : 41 ) Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. [L.6.5]
a. Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification) in context. [L.6.5a]
b. Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category) to better understand each of the words. [L.6.5b]
c. Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty). [L.6.5c]
[ELA2015] (7) 40 : 40 ) Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. [L.7.5]
a. Interpret figures of speech (e.g., literary, biblical, and mythological allusions) in context. [L.7.5a]
b. Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonym/antonym, analogy) to better understand each of the words. [L.7.5b]
c. Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., refined, respectful, polite, diplomatic, condescending). [L.7.5c]
[ELA2015] (8) 40 : 40 ) Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. [L.8.5]
a. Interpret figures of speech (e.g. verbal irony, puns) in context. [L.8.5a]
b. Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words. [L.8.5b]
c. Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., bullheaded, willful, firm, persistent, resolute). [L.8.5c]
[ELA2015] (7) 18 : 18 ) Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts. [RI.7.9]
[ELA2015] (7) 23 : 23 ) Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 20-22 above.) [W.7.4]
