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Justify opinions by articulating some textual evidence or background knowledge with visual support.

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Justify opinions and positions or persuade others by making connections between ideas and articulating relevant textual evidence or background knowledge.

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Express attitude and opinions or temper statements with nuanced modal expressions (e.g., possibly/potentially/certainly/absolutely, should/might).

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Express attitude and opinions or temper statements with familiar modal expressions (e.g., can, may).

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Express attitude and opinions or temper statements with a variety of familiar modal expressions (e.g., possibly/likely, could/would).

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Adjust language choices according to the task (e.g., group presentation of research project), context (e.g., classroom, community), purpose (e.g., to persuade, to provide arguments or counterarguments), and audience (e.g., peers, teachers, college recruiter).

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Adjust language choices according to the to the context (e.g., classroom, community) and audience (e.g., peers, teachers).

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Adjust language choices according to the context (e.g., classroom, community), purpose (e.g., to persuade, to provide arguments or counterarguments), task, and audience (e.g., peers, teachers, guest lecturer).

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Combine clauses in a variety of ways to create compound and complex sentences that make connections between and link concrete and abstract ideas, for example, to make a concession (e.g., While both characters strive for success, they each take different approaches to reach their goals), or to establish cause (e.g., Women’s lives were changed forever after World War II as a result of joining the workforce).

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Combine clauses in a few basic ways (e.g., creating compound sentences using and, but, so; creating complex sentences using because) to make connections between and join ideas (e.g., I want to read this book because it tells the history of Pi).