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English Language Arts and Literacy | Grade : 11-12

Strand - Language

Cluster - Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

[L.11-12.5] - Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

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  • Analysis (Analyze)
    In general, a careful examination of the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another; in language arts, a study of how words, sentences, paragraphs, stanzas, or sections of a text affect its meaning.
  • Figurative language
    Language enriched by imagery and figures of speech such as simile, metaphor, or personification.
  • Figure of speech
    Expressive, non-literal use of language for effect; for example, hyperbole, understatement, metaphor, simile.

Predecessor Standards:

  • L.9-10.5
    Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

Successor Standards:

No Successor Standards found.

Same Level Standards:

  • RL.11-12.4
    Determine the figurative or connotative meaning (s) of words and phrases as they are used in the text; analyze the impact of specific words or rhetorical patterns (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place, how shifts in rhetorical patterns signal new perspectives). (See grades 11-12 Language Standards 4-6 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading.)
  • RI.11-12.4
    Determine the meaning(s) of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and refines or revises the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10). (See grades 11-12 Language Standards 4-6 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading.)
  • W.11-12.5.b
    Demonstrate the ability to choose and use appropriate vocabulary (as described in Language Standards 4-6 up to and including grades 11-12).
  • SL.11-12.4
    Present information, findings, and supporting evidence, conveying a clear and distinct perspective, such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning, alternative or opposing perspectives are addressed, and the organization, development, vocabulary, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience and a range of formal and informal tasks. (See grades 11-12 Language Standards 4-6 for specific expectations regarding vocabulary.)