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L.7.1 (English Language Arts)


Standard Identifier: L.7.1
Content Area: English Language Arts
Grade: 7
Subject Area: English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain: Language
Cluster: Conventions of Standards English

Standard:
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. a. Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences. b. Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas. c. Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.*

Footnote:
Beginning in grade 3, skills and understandings that are particularly likely to require continued attention in higher grades as they are applied to increasingly sophisticated writing and speaking are marked with an asterisk (*).

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