Tracking How Key Terms and Domain Concepts Are Progressively Refined
Examine how an author introduces a specialized concept and refines its definition through successive qualifications and examples.

Examine how an author introduces a specialized concept and refines its definition through successive qualifications and examples.
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9th Grade · ELA · Open Global English
7 lessons
Trace how central ideas and complex historical or scientific processes are introduced, sequenced, and refined, and synthesize them into precise objective summaries.
Determine central ideas and trace the development of complex processes, phenomena, or historical arguments; analyze how points are introduced, sequenced, and refined, and provide an accurate, objective summary.
Analyze how an author's organizational structure, sentence flow, graphic features, and section formatting develop and refine specific claims, concepts, or procedures in expository and technical texts.