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Standard Identifier: L.8.2

Grade: 8
Subject Area: English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain: Language
Cluster: Conventions of Standards English

Standard:
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. a. Use punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break. b. Use an ellipsis to indicate an omission. c. Spell correctly.

Standard Identifier: L.8.3

Grade: 8
Subject Area: English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain: Language
Cluster: Knowledge of Language

Standard:
Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. a. Use verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effects (e.g., emphasizing the actor or the action; expressing uncertainty or describing a state contrary to fact).

Standard Identifier: RI.8.1

Grade: 8
Subject Area: English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Standard Identifier: RI.8.2

Grade: 8
Subject Area: English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.

Standard Identifier: RI.8.3

Grade: 8
Subject Area: English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).

Standard Identifier: RL.8.1

Grade: 8
Subject Area: English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain: Reading: Literature
Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Standard Identifier: RL.8.2

Grade: 8
Subject Area: English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain: Reading: Literature
Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.

Standard Identifier: RL.8.3

Grade: 8
Subject Area: English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain: Reading: Literature
Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
Analyze how particular lines of dialogue of incidents in a story or drama propel the action, revel aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.

Standard Identifier: W.8.10

Grade: 8
Subject Area: English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain: Writing
Cluster: Range of Writing

Standard:
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Standard Identifier: W.8.4

Grade: 8
Subject Area: English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain: Writing
Cluster: Production and Distribution of Writing

Standard:
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 1–3 above.)

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