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Standard Identifier: L.8.5
Grade:
8
Subject Area:
English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain:
Language
Cluster:
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard:
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. a. Interpret figures of speech (e.g. verbal irony, puns) in context. b. Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words. c. Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., bullheaded, willful, firm, persistent, resolute).
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. a. Interpret figures of speech (e.g. verbal irony, puns) in context. b. Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words. c. Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., bullheaded, willful, firm, persistent, resolute).
Standard Identifier: L.8.6
Grade:
8
Subject Area:
English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain:
Language
Cluster:
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Standard:
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
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.
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.8.10
Grade:
8
Subject Area:
English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain:
Reading: Informational Text
Cluster:
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Standard:
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
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.
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).
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.
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.8.10
Grade:
8
Subject Area:
English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain:
Reading: Literature
Cluster:
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Standard:
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
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.
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.
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.
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