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English Language Arts and Literacy | Grade : 7

Strand - Reading Literature

Cluster - Craft and Structure

[RL.7.4] - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning, tone, or mood, including the impact of repeated use of particular images. (See grade 7 Language Standards 4-6 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading.)

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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.
  • Connotation
    Attitudes and feelings associated with a word. Connotations may be negative (as with tight-fisted) or positive (as with frugal), and they affect style and meaning. See Denotation.
  • Figurative language
    Language enriched by imagery and figures of speech such as simile, metaphor, or personification.
  • Images/Imagery
    Words and phrases that create vivid sensory experiences for the audience; usually visual, but may also appeal to the senses of smell, hearing, taste, or touch. See Figurative language.
  • Massachusetts Anchor Standards for Reading
  • Mood
    Feeling or atmosphere that an author or speaker creates for an audience. Connotation, description, dialogue, imagery, figurative language, foreshadowing, setting, and rhythm can all help establish mood. See Style, Tone
  • 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.
  • Reading Closely to Analyze Complex Texts in the Secondary Grades
  • Tone
    Expression of a writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject. Unlike mood, which is intended to shape the audience’s emotional response, tone reflects the feelings of a text’s author. Tone can be serious, humorous, sarcastic, playful, ironic, bitter, or objective. See Style.

Predecessor Standards:

  • RL.6.4
    Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choices, including those that create repeated sounds and rhythms in poetry, on meaning, tone (i.e., emotional atmosphere). (See grade 6 Language Standards 4-6 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading.)

Successor Standards:

  • RI.8.4
    Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts. (See grade applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading; see grade 1 Writing Standard 5 and Speaking and Listening Standard 4 on strengthening writing and presentations by applying knowledge of vocabulary.)

Same Level Standards:

  • L.7.4
    Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 7 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
  • L.7.5
    Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
  • L.7.6
    Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; independently research words and gather vocabulary knowledge. (See grade 7 Reading Literature Standard 4 and Reading Informational Text Standard 4 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading; see grade 7 Writing Standard 8 and Speaking and Listening Standard 4 on strengthening writing and presentations by applying knowledge of vocabulary.)