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Determining Word Meanings in Complex Informational Text

11th Grade · ELA · CCSS

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Determine figurative, connotative, and technical meanings of words and phrases, and analyze how authors refine key terms over a text.

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usRI.11-12.4Common Core State Standards · Ela · 11th Grade

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10).