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Context Clues and Word Structure

8th Grade · ELA · CCSS

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Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words using context clues from sentences and paragraphs, as well as by analyzing Greek affixes and Latin roots.

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Learning standards covered

usL.8.4.bCommon Core State Standards · Ela · 8th Grade

Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).

Open Global Standard:OGE.9.L.8
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