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English Language Arts and Literacy | Grade : 2

Strand - Reading Literature

Cluster - Craft and Structure

[RL.2.4] - Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song. (See grade 2 Language Standards 4-6 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading.)

Resources:


  • Massachusetts Anchor Standards for Reading
  • Phrase
    Broadly, any short series of related words; grammatically, a series of related words that lacks either a subject or a predicate or both: for example, by the door or opening the box. See Clause.
  • Poem/poetry
    Creative response to experience reflecting a keen awareness of language, often characterized by a rhyme scheme or by rhythm far more regular than that of prose.
  • Reading Closely to Analyze Complex Texts in the Elementary Grades
  • Rhythm
    Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry. Poets use rhythm to bring out the musical quality of language, to emphasize ideas, to create mood, to unify a work, and/or to heighten emotional response.

Predecessor Standards:

  • RL.1.4
    Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses. (See grade 1 Language Standards 4-6 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading.)

Successor Standards:

  • RL.3.4
    Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from figurative language.(See grade 3 Language Standards 4-6 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading.)

Same Level Standards:

  • W.2.3
    Write narratives in prose or poem form that recount a well-elaborated event or experience, or a set of events or experiences; include details and dialogue to show actions, thoughts, and feelings; use temporal words to signal order where appropriate; and provide a sense of closure.
  • L.2.4
    Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
  • L.2.5
    Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
  • L.2.6
    Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, activities in the grade 2 curriculum, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives to describe. (See grade 2 Reading Literature Standard 4 and Reading Informational Text Standard 4 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading; see grade 2 Writing Standard 5 and Speaking and Listening Standard 4 on strengthening writing and presentations by applying knowledge of vocabulary.)